The Rock Island in Film
OK, Rock Island fans, this one's for you. From the late 40's to the late 70's, the video has a variety of steam, slant-nosed TA's and E6's, FT's, a Whitcomb 70 tonner, a Lima switcher, "Christine"- the EMD repowered DL109, Alco RS-3's and C415's, the E6B's with control cabs, the Aerotrain, GE U Boats, long distance and commuter passenger trains, and freights. The first scenes are from a Rock Island promotional film, edited down and with the soundtrack replaced. The clips appear in rough chronological order by era and paint schemes. Sounds are from my video library and Arkay records. Enjoy!

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Rock Island’s Mid-Continent Route in the 1960s – Bonus MN&S Footage

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Rails of the '50s, '60s, and '70s

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Vintage 1994 Video Of 152 Steam Engine Operating & Kentucky Railway Museum Railyard | New Haven, KY

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Railfanning the South in Film 1960's-1970's

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1950 Northern Pacific Passenger Operations - The North Coast Limited Crossing Stampede Pass

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Why Every Locomotive Has Three Headlights

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Rarely seen footage of N&W steam

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Cab Ride on the Santa Fe Stockton Sub. (Richmond Ca.to Trull)

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Rock Island Around Joliet - Late 70s

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Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, CB&Q, and CGW in the 1950s - The Films of George Niles

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The Real Reason Big Boy 4014 Was Abandoned For Decades
![BNSF's Mojave Main Line: The Needles Sub [2018]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eZ3ed99OJz4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLDTXECYeTdti2RYiuMZfV4jWJW__g)
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BNSF's Mojave Main Line: The Needles Sub [2018]

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Railfanning the Upper Midwest in Film 50's & 60's

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Mexico’s Mainlines in the Early 1990s - National Railways of Mexico, Part 1

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Big Steam of the 1950's

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Rock Island Railroad's Montezuma, Iowa branch line, early 1970s

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BNSF Railway's Oregon Trunk Sub in 2008.

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Inside the ALCO Factory: How America Built the Locomotives That Powered a Nation

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Chicagoland in Film 1969-1989

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