RailPictures.Net Photo: RI 652 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) EMD E8(A) at Chicago, Illinois by Tom Binger

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» Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) (more..)
» EMD E8(A) (more..)

» La Salle Street Station
» Chicago, Illinois, USA (more..)
» July 28, 1978

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» RI 652 (more..)
» 5 (more..)

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Train #5, the Quad City Rocket, departs La Salle Street Station with Rock Island's Bicentennial Unit on the point.

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