"Rock Island Trail"--The Movie. Don't miss this gem from 1950 starring Forrest Tucker Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray and directed by Joseph Kane | YouTube

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Loumas, president of the Rock Island Trail company, tries to expand his rails into the Midwest but finds resistance of the steamship and stage-coach lines. The malicious Kirby Murrow tries everything to slow down Loumas' progress and doesn't even stop before sabotage. Only Constanze, daughter of banker Strong, believes in his success strong enough to support him financially.

Movie summary by Tom Zoerner at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041816/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

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"Rock Island Trail"--The Movie. Don't miss this gem from 1950 starring Forrest Tucker Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray and directed by Joseph Kane | YouTube

MoBikeFed comment: With Missouri's Rock Island Trail coming together at a fast pace in 2016, it's a good time to take a look at some of the history of the Rock Island Railroad (Hollywood style . . . ).

The movie is based on the 1933 novel A Yankee Dared: A Romance of Our Railroads by Frank J. Nevins.

More about the 21st Century Rock Island Trail in Missouri here:

http://mobikefed.org/rockislandtrail