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Trains Magazine 1948 September Boston's omnium-gatherum Short line in the Delawa
Trains September 1948 Vol 8 No 11
CONTENTS
Cover photo. Courtesy of the Santa Fe System.-1
A switchman rides his cut of cars.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By W. V. Anderson.4
Boston's omnium-gatherum. A photo story.--14
Boston & Maine has combined sports and a hotel in its Boston terminal - it's called North Station.
Through Carriso Gorge to California. By Douglas Crane.18
Extravagant scenery and meager finances on the SD&AE.
Trains in the night. By E. A. S. Jacobson.---25
An impression of fast freight after dark.
Short line in the Delaware Water Gap. By Robert Adams.26
The Wilkes-Barre & Eastern once carried hard coal from Pennsylvania to add to the Susquehanna's traffic across Jersey.
A circumstance of motive power. By David P. Morgan.-28
Notes on interesting examples of distinctive motive power rosters and locomotives - and why they got that way.
Photo section. A pictorial review of railroads in action.-32
A B&O 2-8-8-0 rests at Cumberland, 32; Railway bridges: Bay Bridge and Hell Gate, 33; Late afternoon in Alabama along the L&N, 34-35; Seaboard's Robert E. Lee, 36; Grasse River Railroad Corporation borrows a Shay, 36; UP steam power fighting up Cajon, 37; Nay Aug Tunnel and a DL&W freight, 37; NWP freight in Outlet Creek Canyon, 38; Empire Builder arrives at St. Paul, 39; NP enters Minneapolis over GN's stone arch bridge, 39.
Broad-gauge engineer. By Frank P. Donovan Jr.--40
The vivid story of a little Englishman in the Victorian era who used 20th Century methods - and won.
Railroading to the Land of the Sky. A photo story.-48
A selection of classic scenes along the Southern Railway's several mountain entrances to Asheville.
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