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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.
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad: Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad: 1919 1962 N/A Fort Smith Suburban Railway: MP: 1902 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway: FSVB KCS: 1910 1992 Kansas City Southern Railway: Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company: SLSF: 1885 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco ...
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 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 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad built the first tracks through the area in 1868. The city of Atlantic was founded at the time of the railroad construction. It grew to become the largest and the most significant community along the Rock Island lines between Des Moines and Council Bluffs. [2]
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 Island and Peoria Railway: Rock Island and ...
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 Peoria and Rock Island Railroad was a railroad of 91-mile (146 km) in length, located in the U.S. state of Illinois. It provided service between the two cities listed in its corporate name. [ 1 ] Chartered on March 7, 1867, it was built between 1867 and 1871 and first provided passenger service between these two cities on July 8, 1871. [ 2 ]