Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1866-1880)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad
Collection
Identifier: MSS 79
Abstract
The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the "Rock Island Line," was chartered in 1847. When the charter was amended to reflect the line's expansion to Chicago in 1851, the railroad was named the Chicago and Rock Island. The railroad received its most recent name, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, after a merger with the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad in 1866. The Collection on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad is organized into three...
Dates:
1907-1987 and undated; Majority of material found within ( 1960-1982)
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Tom Jackson collection of railroad memorabilia and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 304
Abstract
Tom Jackson is a railroad memorabilia and photograph collector and resident of Rock Island, Illinois. The Tom Jackson collection contains published articles, manuscripts, printed pictures, photographs, and maps related to local railroads and trains.
Dates:
1850-1976 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
James Ratcliffe collection of railroad photographs and clippings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 304a
Abstract
James T. Ratcliffe, a Rock Island resident, was a collector of railway photographs and memorabilia. The James T. Ratcliffe collection of railroad photographs and clippings contains newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, historical outlines, and published material regarding trolleys and electric train transportation.
Dates:
1900-1986 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
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- Subject
- Electric railroad trains 2
- Railroad trains 2
- Trolley cars 2
- Railroads 1
- Rock Island (Ill.) 1