1950S “THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROCKET” ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD CHICAGO TO DENVER PASSENGER TRAIN XD48094

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This film explores various tourist destinations along the famous "Rocky Mountain Rocket" line. The streamlined “Rocket” trains (numbers 7 and 8) ran from Chicago, Illinois to Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1939 to 1966. The journey was scheduled as 19.5 hours. Rock Island used an EMC E6 and EMC AB6 diesel to haul the train.

00:15 Main title on graphic of train.00:24 "And Colorado - Vacationland Supreme" on mountain graphic. 00:29 Pan Chicago skyline to South Street train station. 01:08 Conductor and passenger examine map inside passenger car. 01:16 Woman reads by window. 01:23 Well dressed women look at menus. 01:30 Train on track. 01:49 Tracks racing behind train. 02:01 Woman combs girl's hair. 02:07 Woman and children walk down aisles. 02:18 Porter speaks with passengers in sleeping car. 02:25 People eat in dining car. 02:48 Attendant pours drinks for passengers in observation lounge. 03:01 Trip map: "Rock Island Route of the Rocky Mountain Rockets" from Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs. 03:27 Colorado State Capital Building, Denver, Colorado. 03:36 State Capital Annex exterior. 03:44 Denver City and County Building in Civic Center Park. 03:51 View of Civic Center Park. 03:56 Landscape in Red Rocks Park, including Stage Rock. 04:10 Elk graze in field in Cody Park. 04:19 Herd of bison graze. 04:27 Buffalo Bill's grave in Lookout Mountain. 04:36 Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum. 04:42 Echo Lake 04:49 Map: Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, other landmarks. 05:12 Saint Vrain Highway. 05:20 South Saint Vrain Highway route through Big Thompson Canyon. 05:37 Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park Village. 05:46 Continental Divide. 05:52 Long's Peak. 05:56 Olympus Lodge. 06:00 Longs Peak Inn. 06:03 Woman looks at Longs Peak. 06:08 Columbine Lodge. 06:13 YMCA Conference Center (YMCA of the Rockies). 06:21 Horse riders at stables. 06:32 Pan over Mary's Lake. 06:38 Group eat by water. 06:49 Bear Lake. 06:53 Nymph Lake. 07:04 Tourists ride horses. 07:16 Two men rest by water. 07:23 Dirt road to mountain. 07:29 Stead's Ranch. 07:35 Trail Ridge Road. 07:42 Pan over snowcapped peaks. 08:11 Red bus drives road. 08:20 Window Peak view of Gorge Lakes, Mount Julian, Mount Ida. 08:44 Bighorn sheep on rocky wall. 09:00 Grand Lake. 09:10 "You are now at world famous Mineral Belt Gold Mine and Silver, Open to visitors". 09:16 Gold mine. 09:23 Tourists enter "Start tunnel". 09:34 Group of horseback riders. 09:45 Horses cross stream .09:56 Riders approach building. 10:10 Glenwood Canyon. 10:13 Glenwood Springs. 10:19 Man in cowboy hat fly fishing. 10:23 Two men catch a fish. 10:26 Fish underwater. 10:36 Hotel Colorado exterior. 10:41 Water fountain at Hotel Colorado. 10:49 People swim in Hot Springs Pool. 11:04 People lounge on beach by water. 11:07 Man drops woman in water. 11:15 Train travels through the Royal Gorge. 11:35 Twisting tracks through rocks. 11:44 Royal Gorge Bridge above the Arkansas River. 11:53 View of canyon below. 11:59 Elevator track. 12:08 Royal Gorge Incline Railway. Car travels up steep track. 12:16 Cable car passes. 12:30 Building with sign: "Rock Island Lines".  12:35 Pan across Colorado Springs. 13:22 Colorado Street leading to Pike Peaks Mountain. 13:28 Antlers Hotel exterior. 13:33 Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs. 13:39 Hotel guests in garden. 13:57 Plaza Hotel. 14:03 Broadmoor Resort on Cheyenne Lake. 14:08 Broadmoor. 14:16 Broadmoor golf course. 14:23 Polo players chase ball. 14:35  Broadmoor-Cheyenne Mt. Highway. 14:40 Car travels highway. 14:48 Main points to Will Rogers Shine of the Sun. 14:58 Bust of Will Rogers. 15:05 Buses at monument. 15:22 Cheyenne Lodge. 15:41 "Will Rogers Rodeo". 15:46 Montage: Rodeo events. 16:39 Plains Indians in war bonnets by teepees. 16:59 Montage: Cheyenne Canyon, Eagle Cliff, Inspiration Point, Seven Falls. 18:26 Manitou Cliff Dwellings reproduction. 18:35 Incline railway up Mount Manitou. 18:48 William Canyon. 19:15 Building, sign: "Wonderful Cave of the Winds". 19:19 Visitors walk through cave chambers, stalactites and stalagmites. 19:42 Garden of the Gods. 20:03 Balanced Rock and Indian Rocks, Colorado Springs. 20:18Sign "Pikes Peak Summit 18" 20:20 Montage of Pikes Peak roadways to summit. 20:53 Cog Railway ascending peak. 21:32 Garden of Gods in distance. 21:45 Woman looks to Lake Moraine. 21:51 Train passes. 22:01 Observation tower on Pikes Peak. 22:10 Sunset. 22:15 Train returns to Chicago. 22:27 "The End"..

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