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Trains Magazine 1949 November Story of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Trains November 1949 Vol 10 No 1
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By W. A. Akin Jr.----1
C&O's No. 2732, a Kanawha (2-8-4), takes westbound freight through Montgomery, W. Va.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By the editors. -4
Nickel Plate at Bellevue, Ohio. A photo story.--12
Focal point for Midwest NKP traffic, Bellevue Yard has just received a $1.8 million grooming.
Over 100 miles an hour. By David P. Morgan. --16
First-hand notes on engine endurance at the three-figure mark - and over.
Mikados to Monarch. A special photo presentation.-18
Rebuilt standard gauge 2-8-0's tackle 4.5 per cent grades on Rio Grande's unknown and spectacular Monarch Branch.
Chesapeake & Ohio. By Willard V. Anderson.--22
Bituminous coal rules on the C&O, and when miners go on strike traffic takes a sudden drop.
Photo section. A selective best in rail photography.-31
New Hampshire Indian Summer, 31; Lackawanna Limited, 32; Espee out of El Paso, 32; Rat Hole Division, 33; P&LE at Beaver Falls, 33; Portland Rose, 34-35; The interurban era, 36; Railroad radar, 37; Madison, Wis., 38; Ten-Mile Railroad, 39.
Designed for living. By Rosemary Entringer.--40
A woman restyled the Saratoga Springs into a car any master carbuilder might be proud of.
Something about steam. Roundhouse talk.--43
A defense of the steam locomotive.
Fast freight. By David P. Morgan. ----44
Not even passenger trains are allowed to delay St. Louis Southwestern's hotshot schedules.
War orphans. A photo story.----50
How idle power came out of storage to match couplers with war tonnage from Virginia to Missouri.
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