The Rock Island's
1957 Annual Report |  |
This Annual Report, for 1957, wasn't selected because of any particular significance, other than the fact that it's one of several in my collection. Even so, it does provide a snapshot of the Rock Island's health shortly after the conclusion of the transition from steam to diesel, and a few years before the dawn of the 1960's, and the infamous events of that decade...
Alan Kline
Contents:
- Page 1--Front Cover. A beautiful painting by Francis Chase, of Pullman-Standard.
- Page 2--Table of Contents
- Page 3--Board of Directors, Officers, Summary of Operations
- Page 4--"To the Stockholders", from President D.B. Jenks
- Page 13--Centerfold A stylized system map.
Note: Unless you're viewing the following pages on a large monitor, you may wish to save the page images to disk and use an image-viewing program to zoom in on the small type. Saves headaches...trust me!
- Page 14--Balance Sheet
- Page 18--Railway Operating Expenses
- Page 20--Train, Locomotive, and Car Mileage, Freight Traffic Statistics
- Page 21--Passenger Trafic, MOW Statistics, Operating Ratios, Number of Employees
- Page 22--Principal Commodities (Revenue Freight), Pensions
- Page 23--Serviceable Equipment, Rock Island Motor Transit
- Page 24--Rear Cover
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