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Trains Magazine 1949 October C&NW's big show Canadian National
Trains October 1949 Vol 9 No 12
CONTENTS
Cover photo. By Ralph E. Hallock.---1
Union Pacific's new Alco-GE gas turbine enters Denver at 45 miles an hour with No. 52.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By D. P. Morgan. -4
C&NW's big show. A photo story.---11
Where 35,000 Chicago commuters gather on weekdays.
PRR ventures in locomotives. An illustrated selection.-14
A steam and electric display of unconventional locomotives on the road of patterned power.
Canadian National. By Willard V. Anderson.-20
In 1923 the people of Canada found themselves owning the longest railroad system in North America; a photo-prose report on what it means today.
Photo section. The railroad reviewed in illustration.-31
WP's California Zephyr, 31; Rock Island and NYC, 32; Milwaukee engine terminal, 32; Nevada County Narrow Gauge, 32-33; NP freight, 33; Yankee Clipper, 33; NYC Niagara at speed, 34-35; Railroaders, 36-37; Louisville & Nashville, 38-39.
Texas Zephyr. By David P. Morgan.---40
Pages from a coach traveler's notebook on a Denver-Dallas stainless steel streamliner.
The lost generation. From the New York Times.--45
The tragedy of the automobile.
Carolina railroading. A photo story.---46
Charleston & Western Carolina helps the modern Atlantic Coast Line in its own old-fashioned way.
The rise and fall of the interurban. By David A. Strassman.48
A warm and happy reminder of a short-lived day when everyone rode the "big red cars."
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