Rocket (Rock Island trains)
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The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Rockets were lightweight, streamlined locomotive-hauled passenger trains built by the Budd Company. These six trains were the first streamlined equipment
Monument showing the Rocket routes in 1952 at the former Rock Island Lines Passenger Station in Rock Island, Illinois
Texas Rocket
Denver Rocket, east of Denver, Colorado, November 25, 1937
Kansas City Rocket
Prairie Marksman
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The Prairie Marksman was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago's Union Station and East Peoria, Illinois. The route was an indirect successor to the Rock Island's Peoria Rocket.
Rocket (Rock Island trains)
…The six trains as originally assigned were: The Peoria Rocket, Chicago, Illinois to Peoria, Illinois Articulated 3 car set: 32 seat Baggage-dinette-coach #400 Joliet 60 seat coach #306 Ottawa 76 seat coach #300…
The Prairie Marksman at East Peoria in August 1981