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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Num 51
The Choctaw Rocket
(Westbound)

Memphis TN to Amarillo TX

763 miles.   16 hrs 35 min.

Amenities ...

 Sleeper Cars available.  Dining Car.

Inaugurated November 17,. 1940. 4 car trains: Baggage-mail, Chair car, sleeper, diner-parlor-observation.


Arrives Connecting Cities Departs
- - - Memphis TN 8:00 PM C 
8:51 PM C  Forrest City AR 8:51 PM C 
9:16 PM C  Brinkley AR 9:16 PM C 
10:20 PM C  Little Rock AR 10:25 PM C 
1:14 AM C  Booneville AR 1:14 AM C 
3:46 AM C  McAlester OK 3:46 AM C 
4:43 AM C  Holdenville OK 4:43 AM C 
5:40 AM C  Shawnee OK 5:40 AM C 
6:30 AM C  Oklahoma City OK 6:43 AM C 
7:22 AM C  Dallas-KC connection
El Reno OK
7:22 AM C 
8:50 AM C  Clinton OK 8:50 AM C 
9:30 AM C  Elk City OK 9:30 AM C 
9:54 AM C  Sayre OK 9:54 AM C 
10:40 AM C  Shamrock TX 10:40 AM C 
12:35 PM C  Amarillo TX