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Trains Magazine 1951 January Tweetsie’s last trip Inspection stop photos Norfolk
Trains Magazine 1951 January Tweetsies last trip
58 Pages
Cover photo. By John Krause.1
Last run of East Tennessee & Western North Carolina narrow-gauge.
Railroad news and editorial comment. By the editors.6
Private. By Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg.12
Fifty years ago, it was a sign of distinction to own your own railroad car. Today, railroad men's "private" cars are business offices.
Inspection stop. Photos by Dante 0. Tranquille.16
Follow a New York Central car inspector as he makes his rounds at Utica, N. Y.
Norfolk Southern. By H. A. McBride.18
Here's a railroad whose only first-class train does not carry passengers.
Tweetsie's last trip. By Jack Alexander.24
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina abandons service on the narrow-gauge portion of its line.
Photo section. Railroads in action.27
Maine Central's Beecher Falls branch, 27; Central of Georgia's Westerner, 28; Lackawanna in Utica, 28; Contrasts on the Soo, 29; Rio Grande narrow-gauge at Cerro Summit, 30-31; Western Pacific at Altamont Pass, 32; Katy at Altus, 32; Empire Builder on the SP&S, 33; Cajon Pass, 33; CB&Q Extra 116 West, 34; ACL and FEC diesels at Jacksonville, 34; French President's special in England, 35.
Gateway to the Yukon. By F. L. Jaques.36
The narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon serves two countries with 111 miles of line.
Liberty Bell Route. By Edward H. Blossom.44
The story of the Lehigh Valley Transit, which seeks abandonment of its rail service in southeastern Pennsylvania
JANUARY 1951
RAILROAD NEWS & EDITORIAL COMMENTtrains between Boston and Portland, Me., and continued on all main lines. On the Boston trains the riders voted for their choice of arrival and departure times at Boston during the morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, and evening. If the present schedules prove unpopular the B&M promises to change them within the limits of good operating procedure when the spring timetables are issued.
Byron Kilbourn wouldn't believe it
If it wasn't cold on November 20, 1850, when Milwaukee & Mississippi's 1-spot left Milwaukee for Wauwatosa, Wis., it was cold ,on November 20, 1950, when the Milwaukee Road celebrated the centennial of its first passenger run. The temperature hovered not far above zero and the wind was severe.
Carriages dodged modern-day taxis as they arrived at the station with actors dressed as dignitaries of Milwaukee's early days. Byron Kilbourn, the railroad's first president, was among the celebrities. A chorus of Milwaukee Road employees joined in a few songs and their voices wavered in the cold. Then everyone climbed on the two-car train and the 4-4-0 puffed out of the station toward Wauwatosa. (Actually, the Milwaukee's centennial train was the Baltimore & Ohio's William Mason and two coaches used at the Chicago Railroad Fair.) When the old-timer was out of sight of the station a diesel switcher was coupled on to pull it most of the way to Wauwatosa.
The mayor of Wauwatosa was supposed to ride the little train back to. Milwaukee, but photographers kept him too busy and he missed his ride. The red-and-gray engine whistled thrice and backed its two yellow cars out of Wauwatosa's modern brick station for a mile, then the diesel pulled it back to Milwaukee. The switcher was uncoupled in the yards so that the old train could make its entrance alone. A diesel-powered string of modern Hiawatha equipment was waiting to air-horn a greeting.
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