The message that I want to get across to the members of this board - TopicsExpress



          

The message that I want to get across to the members of this board is that 98% of the cabooses were scrapped after being sent to Chicago. The old rolling stock Scrapped, old Engines scrapped . In less than one week the Rock Island as we know would vanish. Depots would be torn down,roundhouses would be demolished Operating towers bulldozed. I knew that the photos I took would be some of the last visual recordings of the Rock Island. More important to me were the railroad men and women. which 75 to 80% lost their jobs and their future.The employees made the Rock Island run. I will also continue to post their pictures because THEY were the Rock Island.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:33:59 +0000

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