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.
Winter wonderlands, and a crew change
Classic Trains
HeadEnd • A potpourri of railroad history, then and now
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VISIT US ON THE WEB
Prosperity Special remembered • Letters from readers on our Fall 2021 issue
R&LHS centennial
Sunrise at South Amboy
Royal Gorge revisited • A famous Denver & Rio Grande Western landmark retains its timeless appeal
Two photographers you should know • LITTLE KNOWN OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND, GEORGE COREY AND STANWOOD BOLTON WERE AMONG THE BEST LATE STEAM-ERA LENSMEN
Man WITH A pass • IN THE MID-1960s, A NEW YORK CENTRAL EMPLOYEE ENJOYED FREE TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE ON HIS HOME ROAD AND OTHERS
Life of a signal man • FROM SIGNAL HELPER TO SIGNAL MAINTAINER ON THE ERIE LACKAWANNA
Buffalo’s Blizzard of ’77 • THE STORM THAT BROUGHT A CITY’S RAILROADS TO A STANDSTILL
Santa Fe at Barstow, Calif., October 1975
The LAST CATCH • IN THE FINAL SUMMER BEFORE AMTRAK, BURLINGTON NORTHERN’S NORTH COAST LIMITED STILL CARRIED A RAILWAY POST OFFICE THAT PICKED UP MAIL ON THE FLY
Winter in Wisconsin • MASTER RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN GRUBER APPLIED A JOURNALIST’S EYE TO HIS AVOCATION
The rest of the story • Winding down on the North Western, an interlude in Vermont, and success on Indiana short lines
Riding the Harlem Division in the 1960s • Passengers were like family on a laid-back New York Central line
Bad day for a B&O hotshot • A 33-mile detour on the Northeast Corridor becomes an hours-long ordeal for a priority freight
Bicentennial grab shot • A unique Milwaukee Road locomotive makes for a dramatic — if unplanned — photograph
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Postscript in Milwaukee
Reading’s great Philly trainshed