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Rock Island FA diesel

By Angela Cotey | August 11, 2022

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Rock Island FA diesels 151 and 145 doublehead with 4-8-4 5119 on a westbound freight at Joliet, Ill., in fall 1951. The train is passing JD tower, where RI crossed the Santa Fe and GM&O.
Wallace W. Abbey photo

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