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Classic Trains 2019 Summer Great photos of 1940s MI upper peninsula Office cars
Classic Trains 2019 Summer
Features
COVER STORY
16 Quiet Monsters Coming to Life
SCOTT LOTHES
The first installment of our new `Archives Treasures" series features Donald W. Furler, an early master of rail photography in the Northeast
26 A Bad Day at Olathe Was a Great Day at Lawrence
I. E. QUASTLER
Derailment detours bring rare moves to a secondary Santa Fe main line
30 Golden Spike Centennial Prelude
GEORGE A. FORERO JR.
In May 1969 mainline steam was the goal, but a multitude of trolleys and first-generation diesels also was a reward
42 An Office Car Finale
JOE WELSH
How the C&O/B&O ended a century-old tradition of railroad business cars
46 John W. Barriger's Super Railroads
H. ROGER GRANT
In 1956, a leading rail thinker produced a small book with some big ideas for the industry
54 What's in a Photograph?
JERRY A. PINKEPANK
Frisco's "Flash" at West Tulsa, March 1960
56 Ingles Color Classics
J. DAVID INGLES
Sailing to the Upper Peninsula: Three southern Michigan fans discover the diesel treasures of the state's far reaches
68 To Centralia for Steam
BURT MALL
A hard ride on an overnight local took a young man to an Illinois Central hot spot
72 Best of Everything
CHRIS BURGER
Migrant manager: Transfers to Cleveland, Indiana, and Chicago brought new experiences
Departments
4 Welcome Treasures in the archives
5 Head End A potpourri of railroad history, then and now
8 Fast Mail Letters from readers on our Spring 2019 issue
12 True Color Florida East Coast at Boca Raton
14 Mileposts Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe on the magic of the Monon
78 The Way It Was Tales from railfans and railroaders
84 Car Stop Meet me in St. Louis
86 Classics Today Preserving railroad imagery
91 Bumping Post Quiet moment at Denver
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