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Trains Magazine 1952 January Super Power Roaring Elgin San Francisco Overland
Trains Magazine 1952 January Super Power
57 Pages
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
Super-Power. By David P. Morgan.-12
Lima Locomotive Works, the company which made horsepower its byword, has built its last engine. Here is the story of Lima's rise and fall.
The Roarin' Elgin heads for trouble.22
By William Gregory and Robert St. Clair.
Chicago's interurban connection with the Fox River Valley may die of strangulation when the city tears down part of its elevated structure.
Photo section. The railroads in pictorial action.-27
Atlantic Coast Line at Warsaw, N. C., 27; Sumpter Valley, 28; Northern Pacific meet, 28; Southern local at night, 29; National of Mexico 4-8-4, 29; the Dotsero Cutoff, 30-31; Western Pacific Extra 481 West, 32; 1934 Louisiana & Arkansas passenger train, 33; Missouri Pacific diesel freight, 33; abandoned Colorado Midland tunnel, 34; Northwestern Pacific interurban, 35; new Long Island electrics, 35.
A train of tradition. By David P. Morgan.-36
The San Francisco Overland carries with it the distinction of a great history and a great rail route.
The bridge that floats. By Jeannette Hegeman.--43
The Milwaukee Road truly floats its trains part way across the Mississippi - on a pontoon bridge.
"Table for one?"-----46
It's dinnertime, and the diner is open. Come along for a pleasant meal in equally pleasant surroundings.
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