
Rock Island transfer switching Milwaukee Road freight house near St. Paul Union Depot in St. Paul, Minnesota, during August 1968. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-01-03

Rock Island commuter train leaving Chicago's LaSalle Street Station at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois, during April 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-01-06

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific passenger train no. 17 Twin Star Rocket passenger train leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, for Kansas City, Missouri, in June 1966. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-01-17

Rock Island's Quad Cities Rocket passenger train at Joliet Union Station with E-unit no. 655 in Joliet, Illinois, on July 3, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-02-06

Rock Island freight train led by GE units 236 and 152, and GP no. 1342 at Joliet, Illinois, on July 3, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-02-07

Inbound Rock Island commuter train with E-unit no. 663 departing Joliet Union Station in Joliet, Illinois, on July 3, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-02-09

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific's Peorian passenger train arriving at Joliet Union Station with E-unit no. 648 in Joliet, Illinois, on July 3, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-02-12

Inbound Rock Island commuter train at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois, on August 18, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-03-02

Inbound Rock Island commuter train approaching LaSalle Street Station at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois, on August 18, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-03-03

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad passenger train no. 12, the Peoria Rocket, crossing the St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois, on July 15, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-03-14

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad westbound passenger trains nos. 5 and 9 leaving LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, on April 1, 1972. No. 5 is the Des Moines Rocket bound for Des Moines, Iowa; no. 9 is the Corn Belt Rocket bound for Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-03-19

Rock Island Line E6 no. 630 and outbound commuter train led by E8 no. 660 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois, on May 5, 1973. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-04-02

Rock Island logo on E6 locomotive no. 630 at 47th Street engine house in Chicago, Illinois, on May 5, 1973. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-04-09

Westbound Rock Island freight train at Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 30, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-04-13

Rock Island section crew at Birmingham, Missouri, on December 29, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-04-15

Observation car Reveler on Rock Island passenger train 6-8, the Quad City Rocket, at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, on May 6, 1973. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-06-10

Rock Island AB6 no. 750 at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, on May 6, 1973. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-06-14

Rock Island E6 locomotive no. 630 on passenger train 5-9, the Quad City Rocket, at Rock Island, Illinois, on May 5, 1973. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-06-16

Rock Island freight train at Houston, Texas, on November 4, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-07-06

Northbound Rock Island freight train at Owatonna, Minnesota, on July 21, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-07-07

Westbound Rock Island freight train at Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-07-08

Eastbound Rock Island passenger train no. 12, the Peoria Rocket, at Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-07-11

Rock Island locomotives at Blue Island, Illinois, on May 26, 1975. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-07-19

Southbound Rock Island freight train near Nora Springs, Iowa, on September 29, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-08-04

Eastbound Rock Island passenger train no. 6, the Quad Cities Rocket, at Bureau, Illinois, on September 3, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-08-15

Westbound Rock Island freight train at Ottawa, Illinois, on May 30, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-08-22

Rock Island freight train at Santa Fe Junction interlocking in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 3, 1978. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-09-09

Cadillac and Lake City Railway office logo at Limon, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 29, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-11-12

Cadillac and Lake City Railway (on the former Rock Island) and Union Pacific Railroad at Limon, Colorado, on September 29, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-11-13

Cadillac and Lake City Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad Railroad at Limon, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 29, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-11-14

Cadillac and Lake City Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad Railroad at Limon, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 29, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-11-15

Cadillac and Lake City Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad at Limon, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 29, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-11-20

Cadillac and Lake City Railway (on the former Rock Island) at Stratton, Colorado, on September 30, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-12-05

Eastbound Cadillac and Lake City Railway freight train at Arriba, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 30, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-12-08

Tractor framing an eastbound Cadillac and Lake City Railway freight train at Arriba, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 30, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-12-09

Eastbound Cadillac and Lake City Railway freight train at Genoa, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 30, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-12-12

Eastbound Cadillac and Lake City Railway freight train at Genoa, Colorado, (on the former Rock Island) on September 30, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-12-13

Westbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Brewster, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on September 3, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-13-20

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Colby, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-14-02

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Levant, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-14-12

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train near Edson, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-14-15

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Edson, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-14-20

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Brewster, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-15-04

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Brewster, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-15-08

Eastbound Kyle Railroad freight train at Brewster, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-15-11

Kyle Railroad station at Brewster, Kansas, (on the former Rock Island) on October 1, 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-82-15-14