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Classic Trains

Summer 2020
Magazine

CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN RAILROADING – WHEN GIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, COLORFUL DIESELS AND STEAMLINERS SHARED THE RAILS. CLASSIC TRAINS COVERS THE 1930’S THROUGH THE 1970’S WITH REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHY, DETAILED REPORTING AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE GREAT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS.

Better times

Classic Trains

Head End

Red to yellow Warbonnet

Flashy or formal

A little 0-6-0 casts a big shadow • As steam faces an uncertain summer, memories of a 1963 Strasburg Rail Road visit remain fresh

Photographing the real Rio Grande narrow gauge • From a first visit in 1959 until the end of revenue freight in 1968

Will stop on signal only… • A VETERAN TRAVELER MUSES ON FLAG STOPS OF YORE

LAST DECADE for the GEORGIA RAILROAD • A SHIFTING TIDE BROUGHT ABOUT THE DEMISE OF A PEACH STATE INSTITUTION

Lonely ride on a forgotten train • A 1964 adventure aboard an ex-Katy car owned by C&O, running as a B&O train on NYC tracks

Railroaded research • On a big day for Canadian National, the spotlight fell on a Canadian Pacific man, leading to a rewarding career

1940s Photo Special

GAS CAR BILL • A MILWAUKEE ROAD ENGINEER TEACHES AN IOWA BOY THE WAYS OF RAILROADING

Summers on the New Haven • STINTS IN THE INFORMATION AND RESERVATION OFFICE GAVE A YOUNG MAN AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF A GREAT RAILROAD

Return to Cape Cod

Indoor turntable • Algoma Central’s enginehouse at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, March 21, 1961

“DIESEL TO NIGHT” • A lowly New Jersey commuter train was the last stand for Pennsy’s great K4 Pacific

“Vacationing” on the Lake Shore Division • A new post in 1969 entailed responsibilities on Chicago & North Western lines throughout Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

On riding one of the last troop trains • Rock Island and Santa Fe began a 1965 journey to Vietnam

Cold night, warm caboose • Memories of a 1976 winter ride across Illinois

Sweet electrics in Cuba

Scrappy survivor • Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, longest remnant of the Rio Grande narrow gauge, has surmounted obstacle after obstacle during its 50 years of preservation

Next Issue

End of the line for SP’s Oakland Mole


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CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN RAILROADING – WHEN GIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, COLORFUL DIESELS AND STEAMLINERS SHARED THE RAILS. CLASSIC TRAINS COVERS THE 1930’S THROUGH THE 1970’S WITH REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHY, DETAILED REPORTING AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE GREAT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS.

Better times

Classic Trains

Head End

Red to yellow Warbonnet

Flashy or formal

A little 0-6-0 casts a big shadow • As steam faces an uncertain summer, memories of a 1963 Strasburg Rail Road visit remain fresh

Photographing the real Rio Grande narrow gauge • From a first visit in 1959 until the end of revenue freight in 1968

Will stop on signal only… • A VETERAN TRAVELER MUSES ON FLAG STOPS OF YORE

LAST DECADE for the GEORGIA RAILROAD • A SHIFTING TIDE BROUGHT ABOUT THE DEMISE OF A PEACH STATE INSTITUTION

Lonely ride on a forgotten train • A 1964 adventure aboard an ex-Katy car owned by C&O, running as a B&O train on NYC tracks

Railroaded research • On a big day for Canadian National, the spotlight fell on a Canadian Pacific man, leading to a rewarding career

1940s Photo Special

GAS CAR BILL • A MILWAUKEE ROAD ENGINEER TEACHES AN IOWA BOY THE WAYS OF RAILROADING

Summers on the New Haven • STINTS IN THE INFORMATION AND RESERVATION OFFICE GAVE A YOUNG MAN AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF A GREAT RAILROAD

Return to Cape Cod

Indoor turntable • Algoma Central’s enginehouse at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, March 21, 1961

“DIESEL TO NIGHT” • A lowly New Jersey commuter train was the last stand for Pennsy’s great K4 Pacific

“Vacationing” on the Lake Shore Division • A new post in 1969 entailed responsibilities on Chicago & North Western lines throughout Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

On riding one of the last troop trains • Rock Island and Santa Fe began a 1965 journey to Vietnam

Cold night, warm caboose • Memories of a 1976 winter ride across Illinois

Sweet electrics in Cuba

Scrappy survivor • Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, longest remnant of the Rio Grande narrow gauge, has surmounted obstacle after obstacle during its 50 years of preservation

Next Issue

End of the line for SP’s Oakland Mole


Expand title description text