Passenger Car Department

             These pictures were sent to me courtesy of Robert Banke.  They were taken in the late 70's at the Rock Island station.   Today, you can not even get close to many passenger commuter yards to take pictures  like this let alone just to view them.  How times have changed!    Please take note of the surroundings in the following pictures.  You can see the lack of maintenance of both equipment and infrastructure.  Notice there is more grass growing than ties     Sad, how a once great railroad would end up like  this!            Here, then, is a snapshot of what it was like to ride the "ROCK" in the late 70's; the good old days!          

                               My thanks again to Robert Banke for having the foresight to take these informative pictures of the Rock Island commuter service.      If you would like to help Irm portray a similar scene please when sending in your yearend donation please include a contribution to the Restricted RI 2612 coach or the RI 938 steam loco fund.                             Thank You      Roger Kramer