Classic Trains 2018 Spring Real steam show Variety in Duluth 1974
Classic Trains Spring 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
20 America's Last Real Steam Show
J. DAVID INGLES
Often overlooked, the Grand Trunk Western was the last railroad in the U.S. to employ steam daily in four types of regular service
30 Last Days of the Southern Belle
PHILIP L. MOSELEY
Kansas City Southern's flagship was "first class" right to the end in November 1969
34 Pipe Train
to Marysville
RICHARD E. LOHSE
Recalling a memorable chase of a 2-8-0 in the final season of Southern Pacific steam
40 Photo Special: Penn Central and Its Predecessors
50 years after a consequential merger, we look back at PC, PRR, NYC, and New Haven
54 The Dixie Goes the Backway
CHARLES H. GELETZKE JR.
How sharing a photo of a Detroit & Toledo Shore Line train on the Toledo Terminal turned from reluctance to pride
56 Railroads,
Motor Carriers,
and Superhighways
H. ROGER GRANT
The expansion of the nation's highway network had profound effects on the railroad industry, and not all of them were negative
64 What's in a Photo? Grand Avenue junction in Milwaukee
JERRY A. PINKEPANK
Steam and diesel trains converge in September 1951
66 A Day and a Half in Duluth
JEREMY PLANT
Ore trains and more: A visit to the Twin Ports in 1974 was filled with novelties for two visiting railfans
74 Best of Everything
CHRIS BURGER
Cradle of railroad interest: Experiences in the Boston area as a boy and young adult helped me find my path to railroading
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