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Trains Magazine 1948 October Cedar Hill Yard Famous Alco locomotives
Trains October 1948 Vol 8 No 12
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By Ward Kimball.---1
SP engineer Farrow and his engine.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By W. V. Anderson.4
Cedar Hill Yard: planned for efficiency. A photo story.-12
An illustrated review of freight operations at the New Haven's most strategic yard.
Main Line of Mid-America. By Willard V. Anderson.-16
Illinois Central's rails have welded the Deep South and the Midwest with a bond of service.
Famous Alco locomotives. By David P. Morgan.--26
An album of record-breaking Alco-built power in honor of American Locomotive Company's first century.
Photo section. The railroad scene in pictures.-28
Way freight at Galena, 28; Covered bridge on the B&M, 29; Along the Seaboard in Georgia, 30; T&P Texas type, 30; Traffic on the Washington Terminal, 31; GN's Apple Yard, 32-33; Commuter-climax at Erie's Jersey City Terminal, 34-35.
Train of two countries. By Frank P. Donovan Jr.--36
Ride the Mountaineer on its fascinating journey from west of the Selkirks to the western shore of Lake Michigan.
The indispensable tank car. By Stephen Bogart.--42
Tank cars proved a godsend in the war as oil carriers, but they also handle milk and wine.
A day in the life of an engineer. A photo story.--44
It's train time in the Los Angeles Union Station for the San Joaquin Daylight - and Ward Kimball's camera captures all the action as you ride along with engineer Bascom Farrow to Bakersfield.
A monument for rent. By Alvin F. Harlow. ---52
A terrific idea to make money and a laughing stock of the UP - and why it blundered.
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