Muscatine was one of the busiest stations on the Rock Island. It was common to bill out over 120 cars a day during this time. It was a joint agency with the Milwaukee Road who had trackage right... (more)
This would be one of my bittersweet shots of eleven Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 switchers headed to Pielot Bros. Scrap in McCook Illinois. Now recently in 2009 one has been donated to the Illinois Rai... (more)
This location is much different today. CSX operates on this railroad and Iowa Interstate runs through here on trackage rights. The double track main is now single track and that signal still sta... (more)
BORE (B&O Rock East) with 250 cars rolls up to the 191st St. crossing. Trains this size on the New Rock Sub were normal during this period as were the GP15T's.