Visual evidence of a non-merger...
Arriving at Joliet
Note the Rock's high tractive effort six-axle freight power
The Rock's "Peorian" makes its stop at Joliet
1sec @ f2 Nikon F2s 55/1.2
Eastbound at Bureau with Amtrak colors on Butterworth owned equiptment.
Rock Island Pacific #901 on passenger train in pre-war days. Note the Rock Island advert on the left.
Rock Island U25B 220 and GP40 4705 move a transfer train past Burlington Northern's Westminster Tower, seen at the top left. The transfer on former Great Northern rails is en route to Rock Island'... (more)
The Quad Cities Rocket lumbers eastbound on some ragged looking trackage. From a Kodachrome slide.
Action at Blue Island, Illinois finds ex-UP covered wagons included in another mix-n-match lashup on the Rock.