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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Rock Island’s ‘Golden State Limited’

Rock Island’s ‘Golden State Limited’

By Angela Cotey | September 22, 2022

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

Mountain type 4040 rolls the Rock Island’s Golden State Limited, bound for Los Angeles via Tucumcari, N.Mex., where the Southern Pacific takes over, near Annawan, Ill. Classic Trains coll.

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