Feb 2016 version of Rock Island's Roosevelt Road Intermodal Facility

Dennis DeBruler shared Mark Llanuza's photo

Mark's comment: "Rock Island at its finest July 1977 with E-7 and F-7 coming into La Salle"

My comment:

Is that piggyback loading/unloading facility in the background in B&OCT's yard? 1977 would be years after the depot was torn down. But I notice the bridge is in a down position.

The responses indicated this was a Rock Island intermodal facility that they had built on their old coach yard. The facility also used the land of a small turntable on the south side of the coach yard. So the facility stretched from just south of LaSalle Street Station to 12th Street (Roosevelt Road). The posting below calls the facility the Roosevelt Road terminal. Bob Lalich noted "The trailers are parked on land that was the original bed of the South Branch of the Chicago River."

Jason Jordan shared Lou Gerard's photo

Lou's comment:

Five Rock Island E's, all ex UP, have just brought a piggy back train into the Roosevelt Road terminal in Chicago, and head back to Blue Island. June 1973.

Lou Gerard posted

Rock Island E7's 642 and B unit 610 have a bicycle train for Starved Rock State Park departing LaSalle St. station in 1975.

David Daruszka comment on the above shared photo

David provided an older "then" photo for the top "then" photo. You can clearly see all of the coaches stored in the coach yard. All of the weeds in the top photo reminds me that 1977 is about three years away from RI's liquidation. A "now" picture includes a theater, ShowPlace ICON, and parking lots.

William Wozniak posted a question about the horror movie OmenII:Damien that had a scene made in this yard. George Lamore posted the clip.

Update: Mark posted the first picture again with the comment: "Its 1977 with inbound rush hour train with a mix of Rock Island Bi Levels and Amtrak coaches with E-7 leading the way."

Mark Llanuza posted
Its 1974 a dark cold winter day at Roosevelt Rd yard.

Rick Covert shared
RI passenger train with E-8 #644 at Chicago IL, July 1965.
Dennis Ryan Sr Photographer on that day in 1965 was Ted Ellis.
[Note the container loading in the middle of the photo.]

Mark Llanuza posted
eastbound pulls into Rock Island's Roosevelt rd yard with three E-units 1973
Dennis DeBruler Thanks for taking other scenes in addition to passenger trains entering and leaving the depot.