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Rock Island locomotive #627, circa 1910 Fractional Share of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, issued 30. June 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.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad LLC (AAR-reporting mark RILX) is an American Class III railroad operating in Mississippi, Kansas and Oklahoma.It uses the name and the most recent corporate identity of the first Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (1852–1980).
The line leased Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific tracks from downtown Rock Island to Southern Junction and from Milan to Sherrard; in addition to the main line there were branches to Aledo and Alexis. With the abandonment of passenger service in 1926 the northern division was de-electrified, but freight service continued.
The Des Moines Rock Island Depot is a combination passenger and freight pair of buildings in the Beaux-Arts style in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Construction of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) passenger building was completed in 1901.
The Golden State was a named passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1902–1968 on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“Rock Island”) and the Southern Pacific Company (SP) and predecessors. It was named for California, the “Golden State”.
Rock Island and Alton Railroad: CB&Q: 1855 1859 St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad: Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway: CB&Q/ MILW: 1896 1900 Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway: Rock Island and La Salle Railroad: RI: 1847 1851 Chicago and Rock Island Railroad: Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad: RI: 1876 1903 Rock ...
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad leased the Des Moines Valley's tracks beginning in 1878 and provided freight service through 1980. The old frame building was replaced, in 1906, with a single story, brick depot–a conventional building style for the railroad. The new, brick depot served as a passenger station until the latter 1940s.
Limon Railroad Depot (also known as Limon station) was a major Union Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Limon, Colorado. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2003. It is included in what is now the Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park.