Rainbow Special

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| type = Inter-city rail

| status = Discontinued

| locale = South Central United States

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| formeroperator= Missouri Pacific Railroad

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| start = Kansas City, Missouri

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The Rainbow Special was a "fast train" operating over the Missouri Pacific between Kansas City, Missouri, and Hot Springs, Arkansas,{{cite news |author= |date=December 26, 1922 |title=Freight Instead of Passenger Runs Into Open Switch on M.P. |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058393/1922-12-26/ed-1/seq-1/ |newspaper=The Ogden Standard-Examiner |location=Ogden, Utah |access-date=April 18, 2015 }}{{cite news |title=The Missouri Pacific To Improve Service |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19230724&id=8E8rAAAAIBAJ&pg=1441,2761919&hl=en |access-date=5 December 2021 |agency=Nevada Daily Mail |date=July 24, 1923 |page=3}} (later extended to Little Rock, Arkansas). The service was introduced in 1921.{{cite news |title=Miami County Time Capsule |url=https://www.republic-online.com/people/time_capsule/miami-county-time-capsule/article_929f06c6-f46a-11eb-8aed-1b7ab1cc0827.html |access-date=5 December 2021 |agency=The Miami County Herald |date=August 7, 2021}}