SP got cold feet and cancelled orders for the equipment it was to contribute to the Golden Rocket pool.
Never completely built or operated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rocket_(train)
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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?
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