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Trains Magazine 1949 April Katy serves the Southwest
Trains April 1949 Vol 9 No 6
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By Philip R. Hastings.---1
Katy's Bluebonnet leaves San Antonio.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By W. V. Anderson.4
Peoria. Photo story by Henry J. McCord.--12
This Illinois city not only typifies the American Middlewest; it is also a gathering place of 14 railroads: terminal roads, secondary main lines, branches and a traction company.
Katy serves the Southwest. By Willard V. Anderson.-16
Missouri-Kansas-Texas is more than a thriving class 1 common carrier - it is the whole booming, bustling Southwest from Tulsa to the Gulf, from the Oklahoma Panhandle to the Alamo City.
The shift from steam. By David P. Morgan.-26
Internal combustion has shoved aside the firebox-under-the-boiler method of pulling trains. What is the score thus far?
Photo section. Railroads in illustrated review.--31
Pennsy out of Elmira, 31; Big power, heavy grade on KCS, 32; Lineup of Norfolk Southern steam power, 32; MILW pusher, 33; Hoppers back to the mines, 33; Rio Grande action, 34-35; Route of the Black Diamond, 36-37; Bath & Hammondsport, 38; Water on the fly, 39.
Night flight on the Lark. By Frank P. Donovan Jr.-40
Luxury in good taste is the theme aboard the West Coast's finest overnight train.
New York - suburb of Philadelphia. By William A. Bell.44
People who live in the Quaker City and work in Manhattan, or vice versa, take the Pennsy or the Reading twice a day.
Wet paint. Spray gun treatment for streamliners.-48
High speeds and roadbed dust play havoc with the rich colors of modern passenger equipment; regular repainting is the only alternative.
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