The Rocky Mountain Rocket
- Media type
- Film
The Rocky Mountain Rocket · The Rocky Mountain Rocket · MOVIE
Documentary 1950
About this title
This film explores various tourist destinations along the famous "Rocky Mountain Rocket" line. The streamlined “Rocket” trains (numbers 7 and 8) ran from Chicago, Illinois to Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1939 to 1966. The journey was scheduled as 19.5 hours. Rock Island used an EMC E6 and EMC AB6 diesel to haul the train.