Rock Island Locomotive Portfolio 1950-1980 (Softcover) Equipment Featuring steam and diesel action

Featuring steam and diesel action as well as passenger and freight trains all taken by the Wabash's master photographers

Mattapan Line

Lou Marre & Greg Sommers From the mid-Fifties until the end of independent existence

and the interesting FM (CLC) H16-44 and H24-66 models

Prior to the PC amalgamation

Rock Island Locomotive Portfolio 1950-1980 (Softcover) Equipment Featuring steam and diesel actionBy Stephen M. Timko To say the Rock Islands locomotive roster was unique is an understatement from the unorthodox purchasing of 44 tonners from Davenport and Whitcomb rather than then standard General Electric, to the late Alco era C 415 switcher model and EMD (and EMC) TA and AB models, to the standard E7 and E8 designs. Alco cab and booster units, re engined by EMD, oddball Lima 800 HP LS800 models, and other abnormalities made The Rock a railfans