1947 Rock Island Lines Golden Rocket International Silver Co. Bread Plate

A very nice Rock Island Lines vintage serving piece from the dining car of the famous "Golden Rocket". In the 1940's, the Rock Island and Southern Pacific Railroads planned on jointly-introducing a high speed, tri-weekly passenger train that would run between Chicago and Los Angeles. Just as Pullman-Standard neared completion on the Rock Island 11-car trainset in 1947, and in the midst of an aggressive advertising campaign, the Southern Pacific abruptly withdrew from the project. Rock Island immediately placed the cars into service on the Golden State, its other transcontinental train (jointly-operated with Southern Pacific). This is a 6 5/8" diameter bread plate, with a line and ribbon designed rim. It has the "Golden Rocket" logo in the center of the plate. It is bottom stamped "Rock Island Lines, IS, International Silver Co., Silver Soldered, 05094, 47". It is in good condition, with tiny all over surface marks from many years of use. It still polishes up nicely, and will display well in your own Rock Island Lines collection!

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