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Trains Magazine 2000 January Across the Century 100 yrs of railroading
Trains Vol 60 No 1 January 2000
Table of Contents
10 Days That Shook Railroading The act they call 'Staggers'
40 On October 14, 1980, a few strokes of the pen by President Jimmy Carter saved the U.S. railroad system. by Don Phillips
Power of an Industry Still 'the diesel that did it'
46 Electro-Motive's FT diesel led the charge that broke steam's stronghold on railroad motive power. by J. David Ingles
The Professionals A Southern legend, D.W. Brosnan
52 Dennis William "Bill" Brosnan, Southern Railway's sixth president, was a prescient despot. by Bill Schafer
Tools That Turned the Tide 'Here comes a non-stop meet!'
56 Few, if any, other 20th century railroad operational breakthroughs rival the importance of Centralized Traffic Control. by Fred W. Frailey
Landmarks The grandest terminal of them all
62 Among American railway terminals, New York's Grand Central stands in
a class by itself. by William D. Middleton
Preserve and Protect Halls of honor
68 The story of the B&O Museum's genesis has enough melodrama and intrigue to qualify as old-fashioned railroad fiction. by John P. Hankey
"P" is for Passenger A train for all centuries
74 If ever a train and a time were meant for each other, New York Central's 20th Century Limited and its era were that match. by Karl Zimmermann
True Believers The last Edwardian gentleman
80 Colorful, outrageous, and never at a loss for words, author Lucius Beebe was Homer to the American railroad epic. by Walter P. Gray
Selling the Service Super slogan
84 The value of snappy advertising mottos wasn't lost on U.S. railroads, and CB&Qs "Everywhere West" was short but sweet. by Robert S. McGonigal
Things We Miss Steam: The enduring queen
86 Many favorite symbols of railroading are gone, but the steam locomotive stands apart because it's a living, breathing entity. by Ed King
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