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Trains Magazine 1955 August Chicago & Illinois Midland Dominion's streamliners
Trains Magazine 1955 August Chicago & Illinois Midland
65 Pages
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
Piggyback has penetrated this summer to nearly all four corners of the country.
Railroad news photos.-8
It's new equipment for passenger trains and enginehouses of a number of roads.
Something to sing about. By Don Piedmont.16
You can still hear the songs of a rail-lining gang - but the old art is dying fast.
Comes the revolution. By David P. Morgan.18
Meet the sparkling new streamliners of the Dominion's two transcontinentals.
Oasis in dieseldom. Photographs by Philip R. Hastings and commentary by David P. Morgan.22
Steam power in action on Chicago & Illinois Midland, including tripling the hill.
Chalk up another for RDC. By E. John Long.28
A progress report on the highly successful Budd RDC's of the Baltimore & Ohio.
Photo section.- This month: special spread of aerial views31
of L&N's Hiwassee Loop in Tennessee.
Is the Ohio River worth a plugged dime to Kansas?43
Kansas cries out in indignation over the hands it has been catching in its pocket.
British signals - and why they look that way.
By Peter P. Sloss.---44
Look with Author Sloss at Britain's signaling - it's quite different from ours!
When steam ruled the Mississippi Central.
Photos by C. W. Witbeck.----49
Five pages of photos of these two-bell charmers will delight the steam fans.
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