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Trains Magazine 1948 January Frisco between two cities Philly's personality trai
Trains January 1948 Vol 8 No 3
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By frank Clodfelter.----1
Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 locomotive in Washington.
Frisco between two cities. By Preston George.--7
The old Atlantic & Pacific route is now a strategic link in Oklahoma's transportation system.
When the railroad was young in the Balkans. By Alain Madle.10
Fiery railmen, dinky trains, ritualistic departures and European-Asiatic atmosphere at Sarajevo.
Replacing trackwork on a busy line.--13
Illinois Central suburban system.
Philly's personality trains. By A. M. Rung Jr.--14
From pancake-faced show girls to dignified bankers, Philadelphia's trains reflect the personalities of their passengers.
Milwaukee Road S-2. Principal dimensions.--18
"Steam and Steel Winterset." Painting by Howard Fogg. -19
Milwaukee Road S-2, 4-8-4 No. 239 leaving Bensenville, Ill.
Reno's bonanza railroad. By Marshall Welch McDonald. -20
Virginia & Truckee, rich in romance, flavor and color, is the last survivor of the old Comstock Lode mining days.
Photo section. Selected railroad photographs.--29 Santa Fe's Chief streamliner, 29; Illinois Central at Centralia, 30-31; New Haven's Waterbury-Hartford local, 32; Pere Marquette train 3 at St. Joseph, Mich., 32; Barre & Chelsea mixed train, 32; Cleveland Union Terminal electric loco, 33; Milwaukee Road class N-3s 2-6-6-2 at Othello, Wash., 33; NYC freight train at Berea, 34-35; Camas Prairie Railroad's timber trestles, 36; Mopac interlude, 37; Pacific Electric trains, 38.
Falls Creek, Pa.: Area of railroad thrills. By E. L. Thompson.39 Four large freight lines pound over WI Tower's crossings.
How the locomotive injector works. ----42
NC&StL: Dixie success story. By Stuart Covington. --44 It took plenty of muscle and a special brand of Southern determination to conquer the rough Tennessee back country.
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