The Rock Island number 3 on display at the National Museum of Transportation.

The GM Aerotrain from the mid-50's

Look! There just ahead!! It's a bird, it's a train - it's Aerotrain! Built by GM to "save the industry" in 1955, the train was lightweight and streamlined utilizing a set of modified GM Truck &... (more)

"Built to save the business", the EMD Aerotrain came to be in 1955. Inspired by the style of the day and the buses of the GM division, the train even was complete with Chevy Nomad tail fins on th... (more)

Rock Island Aerotrain 3 sits near the future new entrance to the Museum of Transportation.