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CRI&P E8 655 |
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CRI&P E8 655, Saint Paul, Minnesota, February 5, 1966, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This is Train 15-201-20, the Zephyr - Rocket, arriving at Saint Paul Union Depot. The switch tender will line the train for a reverse movement into the stub end depot. This train departed daily from Saint Louis, Missouri, at 5:45 PM CST for an overnight run to the Twin Cities as Train 15 on the CB&Q. Upon arrival at Burlington, Iowa at 11:20 PM, it was turned over to the Rock Island, becoming Train 201. I'm not certain where it became Train 20. According to the June 1965 issue of The Official Guide, it spent about 10 minutes at Manly, Iowa, but that might have been for a crew change. It arrived at Saint Paul at 7:55 AM, if it was on time. |
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2/5/1966 Upload Date: 10/12/2009 12:40:29 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) |
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1808 Comments: 0 |
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CRI&P E8 655 |
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CRI&P D8 655, 16th Street, Chicago, Illinois, July 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This is the Quad Cities Rocket, the last passenger train on the Rock Island, not counting the suburban commuter trains. It was dlscontinued December 31, 1978. The first passenger train arrived in the Quad Cities from Chicago on February 22, 1854. Called "The Rock Island Rocket," it was the first train traveling west to ever reach the Mississippi Rivor. The first railroad bridge constructed over the Mississippi River was completed in Rock Island during 1856 allowing for continued rail service to the western United States. The Rock Island provided passenger service to?the Quad Cities for nearly 125 years until 1978. The Quad Cities Rocket is seen here crossing the ICG Saint Charles Air Line at about 16th Street in Chicago, ICG's only direct connection to their entire Iowa Division. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 11/21/2009 10:58:13 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) |
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736 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P E8 655 |
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CRI&P E8 655 at Englewood Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, July 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is the westbound Quad Cities Rocket passing by the Englewood Union Station at 63rd Street in Chicago. By this date no trains stopped at the station, which once saw both the NYC's 20th Century Limited and the PRR's Broadway Limited (among others), in addition to Rock Island's Rockets and the Nickel Plate passenger trains into Chicago. The PRR crossed the Rock Island here (on this date, Conrail tracks), and the NYC left the Rock Island and passed behind the depot. It was possible at one point to see both trains of the NYC and PRR at this depot, and sometimes they would race each other for several miles eastbound after departing this station, which was torn down in 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 10/13/2009 1:44:30 PM |
| Location: |
Englewood, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) |
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1062 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P E8 655 |
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CRI&P E8 655 southbound (timetable westbound) at 33rd Street, Chicago, Illinois, August 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 655 is seen heading the Quad Cities Rocket past the Armour Institute of Technology building, opened in 1893, and later became part of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Almost every train that left La Salle Street Station past by this building, including NYC's 20th Century Limited. The Quad Cities Rocket was discontinued December 31, 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1978 Upload Date: 10/13/2009 12:05:25 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 655(E8A) |
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894 Comments: 3 |
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