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The EMC AB6 was a type of diesel locomotive built exclusively for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the "Rock Island Line") by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation and delivered in June 1940. Two examples were built, numbered #750 and #751.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 886 (previously known as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 887 [1]) is a 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company for the Rock Island Railroad. [2] [3] It is located in Illinois.
Rock Island locomotive #627, circa 1910 Fractional Share of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, issued June 30, 1898. Its predecessor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.
Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References 10852 Chicago and North Western 1518 October 1949 GP7 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company - Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois EMD demonstrator unit [15] 17597 Rock Island 4506 October 1952 GP7R
In 1940, the Rock Island Railroad approached ALCO about building a road switcher locomotive, for both road and switching service. [1] To meet the Rock Island's request, ALCO created the RS-1. Their new design was a hood unit, in contrast to most existing locomotive designs at the time which were predominantly carbody units. The hood unit design ...
The former NYC 4085, preserved at the New York Central Railroad Museum, was the lead locomotive on the final eastbound 20th Century Limited. [9] Another surviving E8 was operated by the Midland Railway, in Baldwin City, Kansas. Privately owned, this unit is ex-Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad E8A #652 and was used for special events ...
Boston and Maine Railroad: 4: 1550–1553 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway¹: 14: 80-85 (Ordered by Pere Marquette Railroad prior to merger), 1840–1847 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: 2: 1600-1601 Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway ("Monon") 9: 30-38 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: 5: 425-429 Electro Motive Division: 1: 499
The EMC-TA was a model of diesel locomotive produced for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad by the Electro-Motive Corporation in 1937. The original six Rock Island Rockets streamliners were three- or four-car stainless-steel semi-articulated trainsets built by Budd Company, powered by six identical locomotives, #601-606.