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The Rock Island Line’s logo as “The Rock”, used from May 1975 to 1980 In 1974, the road adopted a new color scheme and rebranded itself as "The Rock." #4340 was among several EMD GP38-2 units acquired by the Missouri Pacific Railroad when the Rock Island shut down in 1980, and became MoPac #2278.
The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are "Rocket Red" in honor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 's Rocket passenger trains.
The Rock Island Lines Passenger Station, also known as Abbey Station, is a historic building located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It ceased operating as a railway station in 1980. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and it was designated a Rock Island landmark in 1987. [1] [2]
This is a route-map template for the Rock Island District, a commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
"Rock Island Line" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad , it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934.
Rock Island Rail is also planning to reopen the rail line between the river port of Rosedale, Mississippi, and Greenville, Mississippi. The county owned port authority had acquired this line from Illinois Central in 1981 and operated it under the name Great River Railroad until 2001, when the tracks had to be embargoed.
Limon is at the western end of the Kyle Railroad, a regional railroad that operates on the former Rock Island Line to Nebraska. [8] [24] The railroad entered service in 1982. [25] The line often interchanges cars with the Union Pacific. Union Pacific also runs about 12 trains a day on the Limon Subdivision, the ex-Kansas Pacific main line. [24]
Ottawa station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Ottawa, Illinois. It was located just east of Columbus Street and on the south side of the track. [1] The building had the same design as Rock Island Line stations in Iowa City and Council Bluffs, Iowa. [2]