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Trains Magazine 1953 August Trains & Travel Runaway Now the coach passenger can
Trains August 1953 Vol 13 No 10
CONTENTS
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
Famous steam locomotives: Here's one that missed the torch.14
Data and photos by R. V. Nixon.
At the end of a forgotten spur the Northern Pacific found its last American Standard. Here's the story of its resurrection.
Runaway! By E. John Long.-----18
Engineer Harry Brower tried his brakes. They didn't work. The Federal Express was out of control!
Notable feats of railroad engineering: The "impossible" railroad. By Wallace W. Abbey.---24 The northern shore of Lake Superior was decidedly not an easy place to build this section of the Canadian Pacific!
Whistle in the valley. By H. Reid.----26
Is it true that the Interstate's hopper cars, if put end to end, wouldn't fit on the property? Here's the story of this little coal road.
Photo section.- ----32
Steam, diesel and electric railroading in photos.
The Wobbly comes of age. By Gilbert H. Kneiss.--48
Part 2 of the history of the Western Pacific, in which the author brings his story up to date.
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