CRI&P - geography and territories

[BlockLine_4111]

C = Chicago, IL. Enough said.
RI = where or what is "rock island" ?
P = Pacific, how far west did they go ?

[wess]

RI = where or what is "rock island" ? It is now referred to as the Quad Cities on the Illinois-Iowa border
P = Pacific, how far west did they go ? Only as far as Denver and Colorado Springs. They used Union Pacific from Limon to get into Denver and owned their own track from Limon into the Springs. The Colorado Springs line also had the highest point on the railroad. A little place called Tip Top.

[BlockLine_4111]

I thought they went into NM & AZ.

[Aa3rt]

Try this link for a system map:

http://www.simpson.edu/~RITS/histories/ ... ional.html

It appears that Colorado Springs was the WESTERNMOST point on the railroad but it did also reach Tucumcari and Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

[wess]

Colorado Springs and Tucumcari could be officialy noted as the western most points, however the Rock Island actually owned the tracks from Tucumcari to Santa Rosa, so I,ll leave it for others to discuss

[route_rock]

Actually RI is still RI we have RI Moline and E Moline on the Illinois side with Davenport and Bettendorf on the Iowa.The main yard and shop was in Silvis(east of E Moline and RI still has the main pass depot.Its now a resturant.)The name of the area was tri cities but could be called quint cities(almost was) but Quad Cities is how the area is reffered to.BTW the "Golden State Route(Tuc. to Santa Rosa) looks really good these days with UP racing along as God and the RI intended.