Photo of the then new Rock Island Rocket. The train was identified by its consist-the name Dream Lake on the 32 seat Baggage-dinette-coach #402 was part of the Rock Island Rocket's consist. The locomotive is an EMD TA type.
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The photo was used in the news story attached to the photo's back but no one stamped it with a "used" date. These trains Rock Island Rockets (1937) were new in 1937 and the news story says the trainset was on an exhibition tour, so 1937.
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