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The Rocky Mountain Rocket was a streamlined passenger train of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Rock Island's train numbers 7 and 8 ran between Chicago's LaSalle Street Station and Denver's Union Station and Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Rocky Mountain Rocket ran from 1939 to 1966; the train was discontinued prior to the ...
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.
Pages in category "Passenger trains of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
103rd Street–Washington Heights station is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Rock Island District line in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 103rd Street–Washington Heights is in zone 2.
Mokena is one of two commuter rail stations along Metra's Rock Island District line that are located in Mokena, Illinois. The station is located on Front Street and Mokena Street east of Wolf Road, and is 29.6 miles (47.6 km) away from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's fare-based system, Mokena is in zone 4.
Gresham is a station on the Rock Island District Metra line, which runs between Joliet, Illinois and LaSalle Street Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois.It is in zone 2 according to Metra fee schedules based on its 9.8 miles (15.8 km) distance from downtown Chicago. [2]
The Saluki was named for the mascot of Southern Illinois University, which is located in the train's southern terminus of Carbondale. [16] Its morning schedule complements the afternoon schedule of the Illini. Amtrak ran an extra over the route, the Eclipse Express, for the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. [17]
115th Street–Morgan Park is one of two Metra railroad stations in the Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, along the Beverly Branch of the Rock Island District Line. It is 14.3 miles (23.0 km) from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 115th Street is in zone 2.