The Des Moines Rocket was a named passenger train of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
The service was named in honor of the new lightweight, streamlined diesel-electric trains introduced in 1937.
Service was suspended on August 21, 1960, in defiance of the Interstate Commerce Commission's orders to keep it running.
[1] Passenger extras were run between Davenport and Des Moines until the following year when an eastbound Golden State was offered as a replacement (without a westbound counterpart).
[2] The train was introduced with one of the new Rock Island Rockets trainsets built by the Budd Company.