Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) 111 - EMD F40PH
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At 16th Street Tower
From Roosevelt Road
The Rock Island was the first to get the new F 40s, since it had the oldest power, most in need of updating. They were still running an E 6 and some E 7s on their Joliet trains til earlier that year. The first batch of F 40s is lined up at La Salle St, ready to go onto their trains for the evening rush. The Rock was still running the Quad Cities and Peoria Rockets at the time, behind E 8s. Looking back, it was quite a show. I wish I had paid more attention to it.
RTA 111 leads two Rock Island commuter cars
Regional Transportation Authority F40PH 111 at about 16th Street in Chicago, Illinois on August 18, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The first two tracks (nearest the train) are the ICG's Saint Charles Air Line.
CRI&P SW1 4804, LaSalle Street Station, Chicago, Illinois, June 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1946 as the first IC 9025 (c/n 3293) on EMD Order E668, it was later renumbered to 610 by the IC. It came the RI becoming 4804, later it would become RTA 2 then Metra 2.
RTA 106, 110, 103, 111, 113, and 126 sit over the weekend on the Rock Island.
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Vermont Street.