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[railwayhistorical]

Quad Cities Rocket

Another one of my earliest railroad images...

This is an eastbound Rock Island Quad Cities Rocket with E8 655 on the point. It was built for the railroad in March of 1952.

The location, of course, is the well known crossing with the ATSF and GM&O at Joliet, Illinois.

One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken September 20th 1975.

[20th-century-railroading]

Dressed-up in full "wings" treatment, RI GP7 1226 with F7(A) 103 lays over at Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 27, 1958. Photo by L.E. Stagner

[aryburn-trains]

CRI&P Rock Island Jet Rocket #1, Aerotrain, Peoria, Illinois. May 13, 1956

[zponds]

A week ago, I made a post showing my OCs from the Missouri Pacific. Now we’re finally reached the end of the line as this post will go over my OCs from the 20th and final railroad on this list, the…

And the Rock Island heritage fleet is under ownership of both Union Pacific and BNSF.

And the engines in this fleet are only found on railroad territories that were once occupied and operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP or CRIPRR), or more commonly, the Rock Island Railroad. And these engines are…

Palmer, the 4-4-2 class A-24 #1041

Paige, the 4-6-2 class P-33 #905

Juliet, the 2-8-0 class C #2010

McCreedy, the 2-8-2 class K #2712

Renato, the 2-10-2 class N-78 #3011

Yuki, the 4-8-2 class M-50 #4049

Nadey, the 4-8-4 class R-67 #5020

Joyce, the 4-8-4 class R-67 #5114

Omar, the EMD AB6 #750

Angelo, the EMD AB6 #751

Culver, the EMD E8 #650

Geoffrey, the EMD E8 #645

Barrett, the EMD E8 #662

Kildow, the EMD SD40-2 #4790

Kari, the EMD SD40-2 #4793

Daphne, the EMD SD40-2 #4799

[marmarinou]

“The longest day of 1970, and shortly after I finished high school, a Rock Island westbound freight passes U.D. Tower and crosses the GM&O/ATSF diamonds behind two F7 (119-107).”

Joliet, Illinois

June 21,1970

Photo by Paul Enenbach

(via Joliet, Illinois, 21JUN'70 | The longest day of 1970, and sh… | Flickr)

[aryburn-kc]

Rock Island R-67B 4-8-4 No. 5103. Westbound at Lawrence, Kans., January 1951. Robert Olmsted photo

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[bbymokusei]

i was fine until that last scene when pinocchio puts sebastian’s body in a matchbox and carries it with him for the rest of his life. every human has a little matchbox with their loved ones inside of their hearts

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[onii-onahole]

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[railwayhistorical]

Westbound at Joliet

One more early image, taken the same day as my previous post...

The train pictured may be the famed Super-C, a hot TOFC train that ran between Chicago and the west coast. It's westbound near the tower at Joliet once again. The Santa Fe ran parallel to the GM&O at this spot; the train will cross the Rock Island within seconds.

The lead locomotive is an SD45-2 built in May of 1974, so only a little over a year old. It has a 20-cylinder prime mover that produced 3600 horsepower.

One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken September 20th 1975.

[20th-century-railroading]

Two GP38-2's from the bankrupt Rock Island at the start of their careers on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, 1984

[aryburn-trains]

CRI&P Jet Rocket departing LaSalle Street Station. Chicago, IL

[mournfulroses]

Agnes Obel, from a song titled "Run Cried the Crawling," featured in her album "Aventine,"