Freshly shopped GP El Reno

Arriving Kansas City, Mo. at Sheffield Tower, Rock Island’s 328 West heads for its terminal across the river in Kansas City, Ks

Rock Island U25B 218 and Alco FA 135 were probably discussing some of their latest runs and hoping for many more before their demise. The Alco has been re-equipped with EMD Blomberg trucks.

Should you ever want to complain about your working conditions, think of the employees who had to work in this pit in the days before EPA. Rock Island U25B 218, Alco FA 135 and EMD E8 645 awai... (more)

Two laborers hurry to finishing refueling Rock Island 40 East at Herington, Kansas — a poor man’s fueling facility on the ground, no pipes, no uprights.

Rock Island Geep 1330 leads its local over the manual CB&Q crossing on the outskirts of St.Joseph, Missouri for a customer probably waiting for his shipment in the insulated box car. October 22, ... (more)

With four F units and two Geeps, Rock Island’s 106 West has just returned to its own trackage and guns it out of Topeka, Ks. headed west on April 18, 1965.

There’s not much revenue on Rock Island’s eastbound Train 10, Corn Belt Rocket, originating across the river at Omaha, Nebr. and now leaving Council Bluffs, Iowa with only two coaches and an e... (more)

On borrowed time, CRI&P GP40 4703 is on the scrap line, at Little Rock, Arkansas. 6/0/-1984. In 1970, Union Pacific purchased 20 GP40's, 4700-4719, and leased them to the Rock Island. With in 8 y... (more)

Interesting mix of power at Republic Locomotive Works in Greenville, SC || June 1989

A westbound RI freight passes under the 7th Street viaduct in downtown Des Moines. Doing the honors, and all decked out in the newer blue and white color scheme, are slug-set 298-284-297. It is ... (more)

"Built to save the business", the EMD Aerotrain came to be in 1955. Inspired by the style of the day and the buses of the GM division, the train even was complete with Chevy Nomad tail fins on th... (more)

The Evolutrionary Step Between an Hood and a Geep.

An aerial view of the Rock Island yard in Silvis, Illinois. Unknown date and photographer.

651 was scrapped. For details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=23180