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Corn Belt Rocket at Des Moines

By Angela Cotey | May 9, 2023

Passengers wait in the shade at Des Moines, Iowa, as Rock Island train 10, the Corn Belt Rocket from Omaha, pulls in on April 15, 1960.
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