After Electro-Motive's "Aerotrain" concept failed to reinvigorate passenger rail travel, partly due to the train's poor design, the Rock Island acquired both trainsets for use in commuter service. Originally, #1 went to the Pennsylvania while #2 tested on the New York Central. Seen here is #2 arriving at Chicago's Englewood Union Station on April 21, 1965. Today, sections of both sets survive; #2 resides at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin while the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis has #1.
from https://www.facebook.com/HeritageRailway?fref=photo
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above and below were taken at the 1964 Worlds Fair
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These photos are from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477
There's one of these sitting rotting away at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It, as with all of the other trains at the museum, is a victim of the museum's lack of funding.
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