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Rock Island Rockets Locomotive Poster
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Diesel engines began to revolutionize American railroading in the mid 1930s. The Rock Island Railroad took delivery of six of these EMD-GM diesel locomotives in the summer of 1937. They were known as the "Rock Island Rockets". Notice the Streamline "Rocket" script on the side of the engine.