After making a flag stop at Bureau, the Quad City Rocket departs Bureau and continues its journey to LaSalle Street Station in Chicago.

I was on my way to Vietnam and as a last fling I went to Chicagoland to visit friends. I caught this shot. I think it was the Quad Cities Rocket. I didn't ride this one but I got to CHI on the "P... (more)

The dead line of E's await disposition following shutdown of the Rock.

Note the Rock's high tractive effort six-axle freight power

Rock Island's train #5, "The Quad City Rocket," departs Chicago on the Bicentennial in 1976. Rock Island was one of a handful of railroads that did not join Amtrak in 1971, forcing them to contin... (more)