The last remnant of Rocky Mountain/Corn Belt Rockets, a month after being demoted to nameless train #7, departs Council Bluffs for the Omaha side of the river. The announced loss of it's primary revenue producer, RPOs, the prior month by the USPS was the stake in the heart of passenger rail across the nation. While some railroads had a openly hostile attitude towards passenger service and customers in this era, the Rock did their best to accommodate the public in the face of devastating losses to their bottom line.
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
The Rock Island was an also-ran in the markets it served competing the likes of the Santa Fe Super Chief and Burlington Denver Zephyr, but it did its best to put on a good show.
