The Rock Island Line

Index

165 Adair, Iowa, 35, 37 Adapto freight system, 137 Aerotrain, 122, 126, 127, 129 “Al Capone” coaches, 128 Allegheny Corporation, 99 Allen, B. F., 36 Amarillo, Texas, 59 American Car & Foundry, 126, 137 American Locomotive Works, 72, 79, 82 American Sheet Steel Company, 58 Amtrak, 131 Anandarko, Oklahoma, 56 Apache, Oklahoma, 80 Arkalon, Kansas, 95 Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad, 159 Association of American Railroads, 88 Atalissa, Iowa, 19 Atchison, Kansas, 36, 40, 44 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 38, 98, 112, 141–142, 148 Atkinson, Charles, 11 Atlantic South railroad, 40 Avoca, Harlan & Northern, 40 Baldwin Locomotive Works, 56 Baltimore & Ohio, 141 Bankers Special, 127 Banner, Oklahoma, 66 Barriger, John W., III, 95, 137, 140, 143, 149 Bates, Katharine Lee, 33 Beatrice, Nebraska, 51 Belle, Missouri, 70 Belleville, Kansas, 45, 123 Belt Railway of Chicago, 148 Beauregard, P. G. T., General, 33 bi-level coaches, 130 Billings, Oklahoma, 58 Birmingham, Missouri, 73, 103 Blue Island, Illinois, 53, 93, 128, 149, 153 Boston & Maine Railroad, 83, 112 Braniff Airlines, 154–155 Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, 149 Budd Company, 82, 118, 119, 123, 126 Budd RDCs, 126 Buford, N. B., 20 Burgess, John, 37 Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, 40, 59, 74 Burlington, Iowa, 18, 50 Burlington-Rock Island, 75, 114 Cable, Ransom R., 42–44, 48, 50–52, 56 caboose, 17778, 135 Caldwell, Kansas, 32 California, 89 Carl Byoir & Associates, 118 Cash, Johnny, 158 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 20, 135, 158 Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, 158 Cedar Rapids & Missouri River, 29 Centralized Traffic Control (CTC), 94–95, 102 Cherokee Strip (Oklahoma), 50 Chesapeake & Ohio, 148 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 32, 38, 85, 112 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Zephyr, 122 Chicago, Illinois, 10–12, 14, 20, 22, 31, 33, 36, 38, 52, 71, 107, 110, 123, 131 Chicago, Illinois, Englewood Union Station, 36, 82–83, 122, 129, 141 Chicago, Illinois, 51st Street Yard, 90 Chicago, Illinois, fire, 33–34, 52 Chicago, Illinois, La Salle Street Station, 6, 11, 82, 113, 114, 123, 124–125, 127, 128, 130, 131 Chicago, Illinois, map, 111 Chicago, Illinois, Morgan Park (115th Street), 106, 128 Chicago, Illinois, “Rocket House,” 15 Chicago, Illinois, suburban service, 52, 83, 101, 113, 118, 120–121, 122, 123, 124–125, 127–129, 130, 131 Chicago, Illinois, Union Station, 131 Chicago, Illinois, World Columbian Exposition, 55 Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railroad, 44 Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway, 44, 47–48, 117 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific bankruptcy, 71–74, 87, 95, 112, 148 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, 99 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad “No.1,” 27 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad “No.2,” 27 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, “The Rock,” 149 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, 40 Chicago, Rock Island & Texas, 52 Chicago & Alton, 60–61, 71 Chicago & Eastern Illinois, 61 Chicago & North Western, 29, 31–32, 34, 41, 74, 85, 136, 140–142, 152, 159 Chicago & Rock Island incorporation, 12 Chicago & Southwestern, 33, 40 Chicago Great Western, 42 Chicago Pacific Corporation, 157 Chicago Regional Transportation Authority (CRTA), 129 Chief, 112, 122 Chillicothe, Illinois, 157 Chisholm Trail, 45 Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf, 59 Choctaw Rocket, 116, 123 Choctaw Rockette, 123 Choctaw Route, 59–61, 72, 74, 148, 157, 159 Cimarron River, 95 Cimarron River Bridge (“Samson of the Cimarron”), 86, 95 Colona, Illinois, 20 Colorado & Southern, 61, 98 Colorado Midland, 117 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 33, 46, 50, 84, 86, 117 Colorado Springs line, 88 Colorado tourism, 60 Columbus Junction, Iowa, 30, 51 Colnon, Aaron, 95, 99 Commerce City, Colorado, 104–105 commuters. See Chicago, Illinois, suburban service Convert-A-Frate, 137 Cook, Ebenezer, 11, 19 Cooke, Jay, 35 Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern Railway), 74 Council Bluffs, Iowa, 19–20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 93, 144 Council Bluffs & St. Joseph Railroad, 29 Coverdale & Colpitts, 134 Daggett, Stuart, 62 Dalhart, Texas, 59, 81 Dallas, Texas, 61, 135 Davenport, Col. George, 9–10 Davenport, Iowa, 9–12, 11, 20–21, 23, 24–25, 27, 34 Davenport Bessler Corporation, 82 Davis, Jefferson, 23 De Pue, Illinois, 12 Denver, Colorado, 39, 46, 50, 54, 86, 94, 98, 99, 117 Denver, Colorado (Sandown Junction), 104–105, 152, 154–155 Index Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations or photos. 166 Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, 55 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 46 Denver & Rio Grande Western, 74, 98, 104–105, 142, 157 Denver & Rio Grande Western, North Yard, 148 Denver-Kansas City Rocket, 115 Denver Rock Island Railroad, 159 Des Moines, Indianola & Missouri, 36 Des Moines, Iowa, 27–28, 103 Des Moines, Winterset & Southwestern, 37 Des Moines Rocket, 86 Des Moines Valley railroad, 27, 36 Des Plaines River Bridge, Illinois, 153 Detroit Edison, 148 Diamond Match Company...