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Author:  Cordicron [ Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:12 pm ]
Post subject:  ABC7 remembers the Rock Island Lines

Some nice historical footage.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sectio ... id=7361042
Paul Meincke
More: Bio, News Team

March 31, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- As the nation's premier rail hub, Chicago has long been home to some of the country's best known railroads. One of them faded into history on this day 30-years ago.

With the help of those who remember it fondly, ABC7's Paul Meincke takes us for a ride on the Rock Island Lines.

It was immortalized in song. The first railroad to cross the Mississippi. The first railroad robbed by Jesse James. The first to provide daily passenger service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

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