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Trains Magazine 1953 January Trains & Travel Case of the stranded streamliner
Trains January 1953 Vol 13 No 3
CONTENTS
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
Where do the rails go?-----14
The big railroads and the little ones are all joined together in this fascinating transportation game.
Railroaders want a runaway. By William F. Ellis.-16
The two roads that carry the crowds to the Army-Navy game don't care who wins, just so they do a good job of it!
How to retire a locomotive.-----19
A Southern Pacific 4-4-2 becomes a shrine in a San Francisco park after a whopper of a moving job.
It's your railroad! By Wallace W. Abbey.---20
For eight hours you are a train dispatcher running some 100 miles of the Baltimore & Ohio.
The thrifty glutton. By David P. Morgan.---25
The gas turbine that Westinghouse-Baldwin has built may mean fuel savings for the roads, even though it burns twice as much as a diesel.
Photo section.-------29
Nineteen pages of the best railroad photos.
Notable feats of railroad engineering:
He dared the ocean. By David P. Morgan.--48
Henry M. Flagler built a fantastic railroad down across the Florida Keys.
The case of the stranded streamliner. By Howard W. Bull.50
A year ago the City of San Francisco became snowbound in Donner Pass. This is the story of its rescue told by a Southern Pacific fireman.
Famous steam locomotives:
The Bluebird that pulled the Chief.---52
This streamlined 4-6-4 pulled the crack trains of the Santa Fe across the plains states before the diesels came.
Variations on a theme. By H. Reid and A. A. Thieme.-57
The Norfolk & Western claims it has a high degree of motive-power standardization. If so, what are these singular engines that it employs?
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