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Classic Trains 2016 Summer New start in the Northeast D&RGW narrow gauge steam
Classic Trains 2016 Summer
SPECIAL SECTION
20 The Great Northeast Rail Debacle Don Phillips , ye
Conrail's 1976 creation repaired the scam of Penn Central
30 PC: Locomotive Diversity and Adversity Robert J. Yanosey
How 4,400 units from NYC, PRR, and NH fit under PC's big black umbrella
38 LV: The Lehigh Valley in Three Acts Jeremy Plant
Gaining different perspectives on LV from college to military service to jobs
44 CNJ: Crossroads of the Jersey Central John A. Yohannan
Elizabethport, N.J., was a great place to watch trains in the 1930s
48 RDG: Bee-Line for Profit Dale W. Woodland
The Reading was years ahead of its time with a 1967 service concept
54 EL: Phoebe Snow, The Lady and the Train William S. Young
DL&W's "lady in white" came back as a 1949 streamliner, revitalized by EL in '63
62 L&HR: From RS3s to C420s Richard W. Jahn
Little Lehigh & Hudson River bought the first examples of a distinctive Alco
64 Photo Section
Milwaukee 4-6-4; Western logging steam, in color; Texas 4-4-0s in the '40s and '50s
70 Bird's-Eye View: Portland, Ore., Under Water Peter A. Keller
A May '48 Columbia River flood also rose the Willamette around Union Station 72 By Railfans, for Railfans J. David Ingles
High on my list of steam fantrips is a May '61 weekend on the Burlington Route
80 What's in a Photo? Mikados at Antonito Jerry A. Pinkepank
Rio Grande narrow-gauge 2-8-2s of different classes meet in February 1958
82 2 Hours on Raton: My Most Exciting Morning Bruce F. Wilson
A teen talks his parents into an overnight stop for Santa Fe action in July '48
86 Reading, Writing, and Railroading John Roskoski
In a remote SP Coast Line depot, a husband and wife moved trains and taught kids
88 On Riding the "Saint J. & L.C." Roy Kiggins
Spartan beauty and gritty perseverance marked this legendary cross-Vermont line
IN EVERY ISSUE
3 Welcome Conrail's fallen flags
6 Contributors Meet this issue's crew
8 Head End Items from railroad history, then and now 10 Fast Mail Letters from our readers
14 True Color A Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 "on the table" in 1960 16 Fallen Flags Remembered Spokane International
92 Classics Today Conrail's executive E8s fly their old flags 96 The Way It Was Tales from railfans and railroaders 102 Car Stop Streetcars in Dallas, Texas
104 Ready Track Brief reviews of new products
107 Bumping Post Seashore Lines' great monument: the Atlantic City station
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