Glory Days: Train of Two Seasons
Two photos show Atlantic Coast Line's East Coast Champion traveling from summer-like Florida to New York in January 1949.
By By Robert S. McGonigal
B&O'S Big Sixes
Packing power and speed, Baltimore & Ohio's 125 S-1's stood at the very threshold of the Super-Power era. With 12 color and black-and-white photos. [See our B&O Big Sixes in Action video extra]
By By Bert Pennypacker
Diamond in the Wilderness
A Western Maryland mountain junction was so convoluted it had three names. With map and 5 color photos.
By By E. Roy Ward
My First Berkshire
A boy's close encounter with a special 2-8-4 led to a lifelong affection for the Nickel Plate Road. With 7 black-and-white photos.
By By Neil Carlson
Classics Today: Fort Wayne's Berkshire Bounces Back
After a dozen years in the shop, Nickel Plate 765 is ready for the high iron again. With 8 photos from 765's "three careers."
By By Robert S. McGonigal
Photo Section
Handing off orders on the Chicago & North Western in 1966; a Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 and steamship in 1958; FT's on the Santa Fe, Boston & Maine, and Seaboard; a Santa Fe doodlebug in Texas; and NYC steam and PRR diesels at Columbus Union Station. 9 photos in all.
Learning the Basics on the B&M and Soo
Moving from yard clerk's work in Massachusetts to an operating job in the Midwest made a young man realize there was more than one way to run a railroad. With 10 color photos.
By By Tom Murray
Bird's-Eye View: Montreal, circa 1952
Annotated aerial photos of Canadian Pacific's St. Luc roundhouse and Canadian National's Central Station.
Arkansas Army Days
In 1944, New Jersey railroader Bob Collins made the most of being stationed in a region where rail photos are comparatively rare. With a map and 20 of Collins' black-and-white photos.
By By Louis A. Marre
One Day at . . . Spokane, Wash.
Classic Trains' Senior Editor recalls a 1968 visit to the eastern Washington city served by Union Pacific; Spokane, Portland & Seattle; Northern Pacific; Great Northern; and Milwaukee Road. With 12 color photos.
By By J. David Ingles
Departments
Editor's Page
Expanding horizons
True Color
Steam, diesel, and a Great Lakes boat at Canadian National’s Windsor, Ont., engine terminal in 1974
Fallen Flags Remembered
Pacific Electric
A Classic Year
1933: Century of Progress, fourth year of hard times, last good year for steam
The Way It Was
When the Milwaukee Road "borrowed" diesels from other roads, by Art Danz • Solving a problem on the Santa Fe, the 1940’s way, by Jack O. Elwood • Steam in the atomic age on the Central Vermont, by Douglas J. Brittin • A perfect trip on the North Coast Limited, by Robert Morrison • On-time on the Century, by Joseph Schultz
Car Stop
Old and new "L" trains passing Chicago Union Station
Second Section
Getting it right with Central Vermont steam
Bumping Post
CNJ's Jersey City Terminal |
