Nostalgia & History > Mighty Fine Day on the Mighty Fine Line

August 1976 brings us to Bureau, IL  on the Rock Island. Just a teen at the time, my mentors from the NWI Chapter of the  NRHS, Rockford, IL.,  graciously  allowed me to travel with them.

Image 1 has an eastward freight rolling towards Chicago from Silvis, IL with 230 leading.
Image 2  has the Peoria Rocket  with 650,  stopped on the Peoria main,  while the operator is about to hoop orders up to the rear end crew of a westward heading from Chicago to Silvis, IL. while the Quad Cities Rocket slow rolls into the station.
Image 3  with the westward clear   the Quad Cities pulls up to a stop.
 



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Image 4  Quad Cities Rocket has the Bicentennial motor 652 on the lead today.  As I recall,  when on time, the Quad Cities Rocket would depart first for Chicago then the Peoria Rocket departed 5 minutes later.

Image 5  As a 19 year old on my first visit to Bureau, was a fun and exciting day.   Lotsa trains for the short time frame we were there.. My  mentors from the NWI Chapter would explain later after seeing these slides how to "Better  Compose"  photos.  In this case  maybe step back a bit and do something different with the crossing lights.  

Stay Warm,

Pat

 



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Looks like a great day.
JB

'Looks like you had some good mentors.  Those are great captures of a long-ago time.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Amazing set of photos, great memories.  Thanks.
TC

Mighty fine... mighty fine! A few good painting possibilities in that group!

Posted from iPhone

Mighty fine shots indeed! Great stuff there!

Nice coverage of the Stoney Point in IL Pat. Thanks for posting

BB

Nice set of photos.

Quakerengr Wrote:
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> Image 5  As a 19 year old on my first visit to
> Bureau, was a fun and exciting day.   Lotsa
> trains for the short time frame we were there..
> My  mentors from the NWI Chapter would explain
> later after seeing these slides how to "Better 
> Compose"  photos.  In this case  maybe step
> back a bit and do something different with the
> crossing lights.  
>
> Stay Warm,
>
> Pat
>
It is interesting to read about NWI Chapter members mentoring you about taking photographs.  If I recall correctly, the NWI Chapter published a booklet on how to take better railroad photographs.
 

Nice shots!! (old Rock Island Lines Chicago based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Rock Island, IL on the Quad Rocket and to and from Peoria, IL on the Peoria Rocket.



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A very interesting look at the Rock Island! Glad you had a great time with your friends.

Larry