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Trains Magazine 1949 May Railroads of the Derby City Slow train through Brazil
Trains May 1949 Vol 9 No 7
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By James G. LaVake. ----1
Seaboard switcher works the railroad's freight terminal in downtown Jacksonville, Fla.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By W. V. Anderson.4
Threshold to Florida. The Jacksonville Terminal. --12
The busiest passenger station south of the nation's capital prepares for a restful summer after a hectic winter.
Railroads of the Derby City. By David P. Morgan.-16
The first Saturday in May is always a busy day for the lines into Louisville. After the rush they settle into the routine business of serving a typical American city.
$42,000 per mile. The cost of laying a new railroad.-24
With rail at $64.76 per ton and labor at $2 per foot, it's an expensive proposition to build a railway today.
Steel rails vs. brown water. By David P. Morgan.-26
Photo section. Selected railroad photographs.--31
SP westbound freight, 31; C&O steam turbine-electric, 32; UP Big Boy on Sherman Hill, 32; DM&IR Mallet, 33; Meet on the B&M, 33; NC&StL pushers on Cowan Hill, 34-35; Canadian National's Vermont stepchild, 36-37; Backwoods short line, 38; Skaneateles Railroad in 1900, 39; Illinois Central in 1912 floodwaters, 39.
Slow train through Brazil. By Charles S. Small. --40
Meter-gauge lines of South American country connect the hinterland with the seaport cities along the Atlantic Coast.
Ask the little chap. He'll tell you what an engine is.-45
Elizabeth. A photo story by Charles E. Pearce.--46
You can see lots of action in this New Jersey city.
Locomotives of the Santa Fe. An illustrated book review. -51
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