CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. This is a Vintage piece of Railroad History made by The Adams & Westlake Company for the CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The frame is marked THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. "ADLAKE" RELIABLE ROCK ISLAND LINES. PAT'D MAY 5, 1908, last date APR. The Brass burner and fuel fount are in good working condition. The Corning clear glass globe is embossed ROCK ISLAND LINES Cnx 2, No cracks, some small flea chips around rims and some cast marks. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For related topics, see Rock Island Line (disambiguation). For the new company, see Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (2017). This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article. By adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad". Learn how and when to remove this message. The Rock Island System in 1965.
October 10, 1852-March 31, 1980. The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway).
CRIP, RI, ROCK was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. Those totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.
The song Rock Island Line. , a spiritual from the late 1920s first recorded in 1934, was inspired by the railway.