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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: 29: 550–563, 900–914: 550-563 are 600 h.p. SW900M Colorado and Wyoming Railway: 1: 214: Texas Construction Material Company (Colorado River and Western Railroad) 1: 201: Corinth and Counce Railroad: 2: 901–902: Cuyahoga Valley Railway: 2: 960–961: DeQueen and Eastern Railroad: 1: D-4: Detroit ...
The locomotive's original number is 887. [1] In the 1950s, the city of Peoria, Illinois, asked Rock Island Railroad to donate the original 886 engine for display, as it was the last steam locomotive to operate out of Peoria; however, it had already been scrapped. [1]
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 ...
5092-5093 built with 567BC engines Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad: 1: 104: Chicago and North Western Railway: 9: 1101–1105, 1122–1125: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: 2: 9269–9270: to Burlington Northern 160-161 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: 5: 775–779: Built with 567BC engines Chicago, West Pullman and ...
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 ...
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) 16: 7–22: New York, Ontario and Western Railway: 21: 111–131: 115 to Northern Pacific Railway 99, 111-113 to Unadilla Valley Railway 111-113, then to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 795-797, remainder to New York Central Railroad 9500-9516, renumbered 8683-8699, to Penn ...
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad E6A #630, was operated by the Midland Railway, in Baldwin City, Kansas. RI 630 has since been sold and will become part of a future museum in Manly, Iowa, along with Rock Island E8A 652.
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.