Golden State Route
(later Cotton Rock)
El Paso (Tower 47) to Tucumcari
Tucumcari to Dalhart
Dalhart to Herington
McFarland to Topeka
Topeka to Kansas City (West Yard)
West Yard to Rock Creek Junction
From the early 1980s, Cotton Belt trains on the "Cotton
Rock" continued to Chicago on the
Santa Fe from Rock Creek Junction. Prior to the Rock Island bankruptcy i
1980, Golden State Route trains continued on the then Rock Island from Kansas
City to Chicago:
Blue Island to Joliet
Gresham to Blue Island (Main Line)
Englewood to Gresham
Root Street Tower to Englewood
LaSalle Street Station to Root Street Tower