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.
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Firing on the NC&StL
“PENNSYLVANIA M1b 4-8-2” The PRR had a fleet of 301 Mountains • This famous dual service, high horsepower locomotive was the hallmark of steam power.
One fine day on Sand Patch
Amtrak’s rainbow connection • The mix of cars in the carrier’s early years made for dazzling variety
The spirit of ’76: Circling America by rail • IN AMTRAK’S SIXTH SUMMER, A USA RAIL PASS WAS A TICKET TO A 9,400-MILE ADVENTURE
A busy afternoon at Joliet
A ticket from Tomahawk • A 14-YEAR-OLD’S 1947 TRIP FROM ALBERTA TO TEXAS INVOLVED FIVE TRAINS, PLUS A GREYHOUND BUS, A DC-3, AND A HORSE-DRAWN TRUCK
The SOUTH WIND DOESN’T STOP HERE • A DAY TRIP TO LOUISVILLE TURNS DICEY FOR A PAIR OF YOUNG RAILFANS
Getting there was fun, indeed!
SPUTNIK EAST, MIXED TRAIN WEST • TWO RIDES ON THE GASPÉ PENINSULA IN 1962 MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION FOR A TEENAGE RAILFAN
Passenger power in the age of steam • FROM 4-4-0 TO 4-6-2 TO 4-8-8-2, THE LOCOMOTIVES THAT MOVED US TOOK MANY FORMS
New England adventure 1966 • A RIDE ON THE LAST WASHINGTONIAN CAPPED OF SUMMER OF EXPLORATION AND INDEPENDENCE
Pere Marquette passenger excellence • Grand Rapids–Detroit train 4 at Trowbridge, Mich., in 1940
Teenage trackman • A JOB ON AN NYC TRACK GANG WAS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE COLLEGE
MONTANA CALLING • WITH A LEICA AND A PORSCHE, RON HILL CHASED THE GREAT NORTHERN
Finally, my own division • Battling snow, finding efficiencies, and building morale on C&NW’s Wisconsin Division
A day on the “Dead Horse Job” • Prowling the back tracks of Los Angeles on an old Santa Fe 0-6-0 in 1941
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End of an era in northern Michigan • Detroit & Mackinac retreatsfrom part of its original line
Labor Day show in Scranton • Eight sections of the Lackawanna Limited in 4 hours
Pennsy’s Steel City statement