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Classic Trains 2018 Fall Take a ride on the Reading Santa Fe standoff
Classic Trains Fall 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features
COVER STORY
20 Rambling on the Reading
KARL ZIMMERMANN
Between 1959 and '64, surplus 4-8-4s and idle commuter coaches crisscrossed southeastern Pennsylvania on a series of remarkable
30 Rolling Laboratory
JAMES E. DIERKS
American Steel Foundries' test train helped advance the science of running-gear design
34 Amtrak's Early Years
from the Inside
DENNY HAMILTON
After hiring on in 1974, I witnessed many changes, highlighted by the company's first new cars and locomotives
44 What's in a Photo? WP on Altamont Pass
JERRY A. PINKEPANK
A heavy 2-8-2 approaches a famous California summit with a freight for the Bay Area
46 EMD's Mighty Mite
J. DAVID INGLES
Unique in profile and sound, the little SW1 was a big seller during its 15 years of production
54 The Great Ancona Standoff
ROBERT NICHOLSON
How mismanagement froze up the Santa Fe during a 1978 Illinois blizzard
58 Getting My Kicks in 1966
KEN HOJNACKI
The perfect graduation present: a transcontinental train trip
66 Last Hurrah for the
Great Steel Fleet
GEOFFREY H. DOUGHTY
New York Central tried high-capacity sleepers in a final bid to bolster its passenger trade
74 Best of Everything
CHRIS BURGER
At last, working on the
railroad: NYC's Hudson and Harlem divisions
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