The Rock Island Depot and Freight House is a two-story railroad station and adjacent one-story freight house from the turn of the 20th century. It was constructed in 1899 directly besides the Illinois
Peoria, IL train station
Rocket (Rock Island trains)
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The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Rockets were lightweight, streamlined locomotive-hauled passenger trains built by the Budd Company. These six trains were the first streamlined equipment
Peoria station (Rock Island Line)
…the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The last Rock Island train out of the station was the Peoria Rocket in 1978, of the company's Rock Island Rockets series. After the end of train service, the building became known as River Station, and has been a restaurant, and afterwards a set of restaurants and…
Monument showing the Rocket routes in 1952 at the former Rock Island Lines Passenger Station in Rock Island, Illinois
Texas Rocket
Denver Rocket, east of Denver, Colorado, November 25, 1937
Kansas City Rocket