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May 31, 1970 – After 114 years of passenger train service in Iowa City, the last two Rock Island Rockets roll into the city.

At 2:25 p.m., Rock Island No. 7 – headed west to Council Bluffs – stopped at the Iowa City depot, and at 3:30 p.m., Rock Island No. 10 – headed east to Chicago – did the same. Sadly, after 114 years of passenger train service – May 31, 1970 would become the last day when a regularly-scheduled passenger train would serve the residents of Iowa City and Johnson County.

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