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Golden Rocket

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Golden Rocket
Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, January 20, 2012 10:00 AM

Most of us are familiar with the "Chessie", the C&O luxury streamliner which never operated.  Does anybody know anything about the proposed "Golden Rocket", a triweekly Chicago-LA streamliner to be operated by RI and SP.  One set of equipment was actually built.  Why was this train never operated?

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, January 20, 2012 11:47 AM

Never completely built or operated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rocket_(train)

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Posted by dakotafred on Friday, January 20, 2012 5:29 PM

SP got cold feet and cancelled orders for the equipment it was to contribute to the Golden Rocket pool.

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