Download or read book Passenger Trains of Texas - Rock Island written by Steve Goen and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features photos and history of the Rock Island Railroad's passenger trains that once served the State of Texas. Included are chapters on the Graham branch, the Amarillo-Canadian River line, the Short Line Flyer, Arizona Limited, Texas Rocket, Choctaw Rocket, Memphis-Californian, Oklahoma Rocket, the Fort Worth to El Reno RDC cars, the Choctaw Rockette, Twin Star Rocket, the Imperial, Cherokee and the Golden State. Each train and chapter are arranged in the order that each train was discontinued beginning in the 1930s and ending in February 1968 when the Golden State was finally dropped. The book is 148 pages in length, hardback, and contains scores of rare black & white and color photographs, dining car menus, vintage timetables, and rare newspaper articles. A must have for any fan of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad or Texas railroad history. This is the second volume in a series of Texas passenger train books by Steve Allen Goen.