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
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