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2159:. Edison, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books.
1937:"Rocket Rides Rails To Retirement...Late"
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2059:Great Trains Heartland
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2106:; Welsh, Joe (1997).
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221:Average journey time
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2063:Kalmbach Publishing
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2001:Marvel 2013
1989:Wayner 1972
1949:December 9,
1912:Hansen 2017
1876:Hansen 2017
1819:baggage car
1777:, with one
1537:streamlined
1366:Burlington
1185:Belleville
486:Rock Island
120:Predecessor
53:introducing
2512:Categories
2281:Jet Rocket
2010:References
1728:Otto Perry
1089:Manhattan
1062:McFarland
664:Des Moines
579:Davenport
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265:Sections,
154:1966-10-15
139:1939-11-12
36:references
1835:roomettes
1793:Equipment
1691:to serve
1570:in 1971.
1305:Goodland
1008:Lawrence
600:Iowa City
531:over the
358:Englewood
298:Route map
267:roomettes
162:Successor
61:June 2017
2451:Imperial
2392:Cherokee
1714:between
1652:and the
1553:Denver's
1339:Colorado
1205:Mankato
938:Missouri
857:Nebraska
829:Fairbury
757:Nebraska
686:Atlantic
622:Grinnell
545:Illinois
107:Overview
2427:Firefly
2237:Rockets
2141:8848690
2027:6340864
1850:EMC AB6
1779:section
1673:Rockets
1574:History
1545:Chicago
1265:Norton
1035:Topeka
807:Lincoln
643:Newton
465:Moline
445:Bureau
332:Chicago
191:Termini
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1842:Rocket
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1685:Rocket
1683:, the
1568:Amtrak
1562:. The
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1332:Kansas
1285:Colby
1165:Clyde
945:Kansas
864:Kansas
402:Ottawa
380:Joliet
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112:Status
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1864:Notes
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1753:Route
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234:Daily
205:Stops
186:Route
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2118:ISBN
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2023:OCLC
1951:2018
1848:and
1809:and
1807:Budd
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