Alco FA-1 leads a mixed freight. SP&S 860 will not make it to Burlington Northern paint as it will be retired before getting it's cascade green scheme.
Q 111 Eastbound at Mendota, IL., before the Burlington Northern Railroad merger.
NP 6509A will become BN 9776 and then be retired in 1972
Cannibalized for parts, RI 421 like the railroad had seen better days.
A pair of E-Units idle passively after a late afternoon rain storm.
After a tour of duty with Amtrak ATSF 310C crossing the Rock Island at Joliet, IL with a north bound freight haul.
Working commuter service RI 630 arrives in Joliet.
F7-A 675 emerges from the Rock Island engine shop.
Big horsepower for the day, a U33C leads an SD45 for the EL.
Southern Railway fan trip heads west on the Rock Island. 4501 is now parked at the Tennessee Valley Railroad and Museum in Chattanooga.
Up from a local quarry, the "ballast" train was making a regular delivery to the Rock Island.
BN 6244 leads a trio of SD-9'S eastbound to Chicago
Working as the last unit of a Rock Island freight.
This eastbound freight was stopped while a crew member checks the switch.
