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Trains Magazine 1950 January Maine Central climbs 2.2 per cent grades on the old
Trains January 1950 Vol 10 No 3
CONTENTS
Cover photo. Courtesy Southern Pacific. ---1
A rotary snow plow clears the line.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By W. V. Anderson.4
Mountain Subdivision. By Philip R. Hastings.-10
Maine Central climbs 2.2 per cent grades on the old Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad to breast the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Catching a train by plane. By Jenkin Lloyd Jones.-16
A Tulsa newspaper man borrows the company plane and a staff photographer for a novel railfan jaunt.
Coal carrier. By H. A. McBride.----20
Virginian Railway was built early in the century for the primary purpose of hauling coal to tidewater.
Photo section. The railroad scene in pictures.--27
Rubdown on the New York Central, 27; Lackawanna 4-8-4, 28; Missouri Pacific's Sunshine Special, 28; Western Maryland coal drag, 29; Northern Pacific's old North Coast Limited, 29; 9:35 a. m. at Dearborn Station, 30-31; Minneapolis on the Mississippi, 32-33; Australian railways, 34; Georgia Railroad, 35; Mississippi Central, 35.
The Sunbeams are Hustlers. By David P. Morgan.-36
Southern Pacific pools two sets of equipment to give double daily streamlined service between Dallas and Houston, Tex.
Southbound interurban. A flashback into recent history.41
A Texas Electric car was so commonplace no one noticed its passing.
A narrow gauge boomer. Data from John W. Maxwell.42
Rio Grande No. 74 has worked for four railroads.
Coast to coast on the PRR. By R. J. Kirkpatrick. --44
U. S.-owned railroad crosses the Isthmus of Panama in 471 miles.
Most famous Hudson. By David P. Morgan.--47
New York Central's No. 5344 has not only been rebuilt four times and streamlined twice, but also is the prototype for a popular scale model.
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