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Classic Trains

Fall 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.

Expanding horizons in a shrinking world

Classic Trains

HeadEnd

Curtain call for the last K4

Steam savior of the East

Blast-off from La Junta

An escape to a place called Otis • Visions of New York Central glory at an Indiana hamlet

North to Florida for a winter vacation • STREAMLINERS IN TWILIGHT: A PULLMAN RIDE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH IN LATE 1968

STEAM’S last stand in the Twin Cities • THE KOPPERS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX PROVIDED A RAILFAN REFUGE FOR TWO TEENAGE BROTHERS

Nightfall for Ohio interurbans • Intrepid photographers captured the end of the interurban era — at night

Alco’s outlier • THE C420 WAS A COMPARATIVE BEAUTY AMONG BEASTS

Interchange at Sedalia, Mo. • A re-engined MoPac RS3 delivers a gondola car to the Katy on March 12, 1972

Charlie’s photo album • RAILFAN AND RAILROADER CHARLES A. ERLER DOCUMENTED THE WESTERN NEW YORK RAILROAD SCENE JUST BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR II

MOUNTAIN BRAKEMAN • RIDE OVER CP RAIL’S TOUGH MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION IN THE CAB OF AN SD40-2

Jersey City sunset

A passion for small railroads • WHEN IT CAME TO RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXAN FRED SPRINGER OFTEN FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO SHORT LINES

Adventures with North Western’s “F Troop” • Railroaders on C&NW’s beleaguered ex-Chicago Great Western lines faced a host of challenges

Left in the lurch in Boston • Delays in turning FDR’s presidential train cause anxiety for a New York Central official

Riding the Sunset in ’68 • An Automat car and a “ghost” Pullman were just two signs of how far a great SP train had fallen

Urbs in Horto

Four decades of rail preservation • The Southern’s Spencer Shops houses the North Carolina Transportation Museum

Next Issue

Music City’s Union Station


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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.

Expanding horizons in a shrinking world

Classic Trains

HeadEnd

Curtain call for the last K4

Steam savior of the East

Blast-off from La Junta

An escape to a place called Otis • Visions of New York Central glory at an Indiana hamlet

North to Florida for a winter vacation • STREAMLINERS IN TWILIGHT: A PULLMAN RIDE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH IN LATE 1968

STEAM’S last stand in the Twin Cities • THE KOPPERS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX PROVIDED A RAILFAN REFUGE FOR TWO TEENAGE BROTHERS

Nightfall for Ohio interurbans • Intrepid photographers captured the end of the interurban era — at night

Alco’s outlier • THE C420 WAS A COMPARATIVE BEAUTY AMONG BEASTS

Interchange at Sedalia, Mo. • A re-engined MoPac RS3 delivers a gondola car to the Katy on March 12, 1972

Charlie’s photo album • RAILFAN AND RAILROADER CHARLES A. ERLER DOCUMENTED THE WESTERN NEW YORK RAILROAD SCENE JUST BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR II

MOUNTAIN BRAKEMAN • RIDE OVER CP RAIL’S TOUGH MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION IN THE CAB OF AN SD40-2

Jersey City sunset

A passion for small railroads • WHEN IT CAME TO RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXAN FRED SPRINGER OFTEN FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO SHORT LINES

Adventures with North Western’s “F Troop” • Railroaders on C&NW’s beleaguered ex-Chicago Great Western lines faced a host of challenges

Left in the lurch in Boston • Delays in turning FDR’s presidential train cause anxiety for a New York Central official

Riding the Sunset in ’68 • An Automat car and a “ghost” Pullman were just two signs of how far a great SP train had fallen

Urbs in Horto

Four decades of rail preservation • The Southern’s Spencer Shops houses the North Carolina Transportation Museum

Next Issue

Music City’s Union Station


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