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Trains Magazine 1952 September Train That Sparked an Era Trains & Travel Cascade
Trains Magazine 1952 September Train That Sparked an Era Trains & Travel
66 Pages
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
What's right with the railroads. By David P. Morgan.14
By all that's logical economics, the railroads should be broke, but they aren't. Here is a constructive piece about their fiscal victories.
Notable feats of railroad engineering: Cascade Tunnel.20
By Wallace W. Abbey.
Three times the Great Northern threw a railroad across Stevens Pass to achieve finally a superb alignment with this long hole in the mountain.
Famous steam locomotives: Virginian's terrible Triplex.22
By H. Reid.
This is the story of how one unsuccessful engine - one with unique characteristics - was rebuilt into two which worked very well.
The train that sparked an era. By Wallace W. Abbey.-24
Scooting across Illinois is the little streamliner that made the name Zephyr famous. This is its biography.
Denver at dawn, Chicago at dusk. By Wallace W. Abbey.26
One day in May 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made history in a nonstop run from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. Ride along now on that memorable trip.
Photo section.-----33
The railroads are one of the nation's most photogenic industries. We present 19 pages of the best railroad photos.
Edwin Hawley. By Frank P. Donovan Jr.--52
There was Hill and Harriman and Huntington, and there was also this man Hawley, who sought no quarter and gave none as a railroad magnate.
Interurban to Ste. Anne. By A. Clegg.--54
This Canadian National traction line serves a famous Catholic shrine on the St. Lawrence River.
A stricken president goes to the seashore. By Lucius Beebe.58
Garfield had been shot by an assassin. His followers built a railroad right to the door of a seaside cottage so that he could rest in comfort
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