Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 886 (previously known as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 887 [1]) is a 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company …

Dec 6, 2024 · According to Bill Marvel's wonderful title, "Rock Island Line," a group of businessmen spent an evening in June of 1845 planning a railroad of 75 miles to link Rock …

May 20, 2024 · Perhaps the best-remembered of Rock Island steam locomotives were 85 4-8-4s from Alco, immortalized by Lloyd Stagner’s expansive March 1981 study, the last delivered …

This is a list of the locomotives that were operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Locomotives that were operated by the Class III version of the Chicago, Rock Island …

Class: Wheel Arr. Dr. Dia. Cylinders Dia. x Str. Boiler Press. Ad. Wt. EW WO: Grate Area: Evap. Surface: Sup. Surface: Remarks: 9A: 0-6-0: 52in: 19x26in: 190psi: 64t ...

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific steam locomotive photographs in engine number order by and from the collection of William S. Kuba.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 4-8-2 "Mountain" Locomotives in the USA The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad received two "Mountains" (road numbers 998 and 999) from the …

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 4-8-4 "Northern" Locomotives in the USA To test the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement on its railroad, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad bought one Class R …

Some substituted new cast-steel trailing trucks with 10,198-lb tractive-effort Delta boosters and were redesignated P-33-B. A few retained their 26 sq ft of arch tubes, but others replaced the …

On December 31, 1936 the Rock Island had 1,160 steam locomotives. By the end of 1947 this number was reduced to half. Then, in late 1941, the nation again went to war.