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Great American Railroad Stories 75 Years of Trains Magazine w/ dust jacket
Great American Railroad Stories 75 Years of Trains Magazine
Great American Railroad Stories
75 Years of Trains Magazine
Hard Cover dust jacket
256 Pages
Copyright 2014
Contents
SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS7
FOREWORD
Kevin P. Keefe8
INTRODUCTION
Jim Wrinn 9
THE TRAVELING SALESMAN
Victor H. White, November 194110
Stories from 12 years of traveling the West by train
FORGOTTEN RAILROAD
Linn H. Westcott, July 1942 13
The Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek was a typical
mining railroad
THE JARRETT & PALMER SPECIAL
TRAINS staff, December 1942 18
Ride along on the most famous train of the Igth century
TROOP-TRAIN RIDER
William Forsythe, August 1943 24
Accompany the railroad representative on a troop train
THE CABOOSE
H. Reid, April 1944 28
An old-timer's tales about early and memorable cabooses
HAUNTED ROUNDHOUSE
W T Coniff, June 1944 31
The Hudson River roundhouse holds memories of the past
THE LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN
G. W. O'Connor, December 194534
There's more to firing a locomotive than just shoveling coal
THE LAST OF THE WOODBURNERS
Lucius Beebe, November 194638
An excerpt from Mixed Train Daily, a look at short line railroads
MAKE MINE AN UPPER
Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, June 194842
A roving correspondent shares his thoughts on the upper berth
EXTRA 1555 WEST
Willard V. Anderson, May 195o45
Two days on a Union Pacc freight running from Idaho to Oregon
MEMO TO THE PUBLISHER
David P. Morgan, October 1950 51
What's right with the airlines?
TRAVEL VIGNETTES
A. C. Kalmbach, May 195155
Memories of a railroad passenger
BIG ONE AT SHED 27!
Howard Bull, November 195157
Being the fireman on a Sierra country fire train
OUR TRAIN WAS SNOWBOUND
AND HOW WE ENJOYED IT!
W S. Dulmage as told to
Victor H. White, March 1952 60
An old-timer recalls being stuck in the snow
THE PRESS PREVIEWS THE CONGRESSIONAL
Wallace W Abbey, June 195262
An inside look as the press previews the Penny's Congressional
THE WILD RIDE OF DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY
Wallace W. Abbey, February 1953 66
In 1905, the Coyote Special speeds from Los Angeles to Chicago
in 46 hours
THE BLACK WALL
Helen Thomson, March 1953 70
A wall of water, the railroad, and the Johnstown flood
I CAME OUT OF THIS ALIVE!
Hunter M. Picken as told to Phil Vander Horck,
September 1956 75
Given up for dead, a locomotive engineer survives a head-on crash with an 83-car freight train
CONFESSIONS OF A TRAIN-WATCHER
David P. Morgan, May 195779
The magazine's editor explains his interest in railroading
SECOND TRICK AT BE TOWER
Richard J. Cook, October 195784
What it's like to work the toughest tower on the division, alone, after two weeks of training
I RENTED A RAILROAD FOR $35
Robert B. Adams, February 1959 90
The magazine's business manager rents a Maine train on a whim
THIS IS IT!
David P. Morgan, April 196o97
The most scenic site in railroading, according to David P Morgan
3:52 A.M. APRIL 30, 1900
Robert B. Shaw, May 196598
An unsentimental look at Casey Jones' last run
SALUTE TO A DIFFERENT DIESEL
J. David Ingles, November 1966103
Alco's PAs were big as a barn but beautiful
WHEN IT'S SHORT LINE TIME DOWN SOUTH
Jim Boyd, April 1969 111
Traveling in the footsteps of Beebe but with a diesel difference
FACING ON A SINGLE TRACK ...
JUPITER AND 119
John H. White Jr., May 1969 116
A look at the two locomotives that met at Promontory
OVERLAND DIARY-1869
Cornelia E. Comstock, May 1969 119
A schoolteacher crosses the West by train five months after Promontory
GOD MADE SNOW FOR FARMERS
AND ARTISTS
John Norwood, October 1969 126
But only cold, tired, and hungry railroaders were around
trying to survive
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CLEAN FLUES AND WASH BOILERS
Richard D. Johnson, March 1972 136
A college student works nights in a roundhouse during the last days of steam
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AN
EX-FLYBOY WENT RAILROADING
IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
James E. Satterfield, September 1973140
Before furthering his aviation career, a pilot becomes
a locomotive fireman
THE BEST TEN-WHEELER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
W. F. Beckum Jr., June 1977 147
Georgia Railroad's No. 211 becomes a family's favorite locomotive
9,900 TONS
Bill Smith, March 1978150
Ride along with a diesel engineer on the Gulf,' Mobile & Ohio
YES, I DID WANT TO RUN A RAILROAD
Ron Flanary, July 1978 154
A railfan tries his luck at working on a railroad
A REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY
W. A. Gardner, January 1979 161
EMD really had something with its E7 diesel
BOILERWASH EXTRA
Lloyd Arkinstall, April 1979 166
A young fireman's first ride aboard a Gs Ten-Wheeler
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM UP THERE, UNION?
Paul D. Schneider, October 1981 171
Working the first trick in the tower at BN's Chicago funnel
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OMAHA BRASSPOUNDER
Ken C. Brovald, June 1982 179
The railroad telegrapher was a key communicator for many years
IN THE VIOLET HOUR
Paul D. Schneider, March 1983 187
The end of the line for the Rock Island
THE 10:30
Don L. Hofsommer, October 1984 195
Meeting the nightly train was an important small-town ritual
THE BEST TRAIN-WATCHING SEAT
George H. Drury, January 1985 197
A junior high student learns more than English and arithmetic
DISASTER DU JOUR, AND OTHER STORIES
E. W. King Jr., June 1986200
A railroad man takes on the commuter operations for the
Rock Island
THE END
William Benning Stewart, August 1990 208
Reflections on the passing of the charismatic caboose
LAST CHANCE
John R. Crosby, August 1993 216
A final dash in a big Ti hits 120 mph
THE WALK OF A QUEEN
Kevin P. Keefe, March 1995219
Regal as ever, Norfolk & Western No. 611 runs its last
public excursion
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AT SUPAI SUMMIT
Fred W Frailey, November 1996223
Seeing how an intricate transcontinental freight system works
GOIN' LIKE 60!
John P. Hankey, November 2000 233
Why traveling at 6o mph means something
WE BROUGHT THE NYC TO ITS KNEES
Joseph V. MacDonald, December 2000235
How Notre Dame students beat a railroad at its own game
THANKS FOR HELPING ME
SEE THE LIGHT, TED
Don Phillips, January 2003 239
A moving tribute to a friend and painter
CHICAGO: CITY OF RAILROADS
Mark W. Hemphill and Curt Richards, July 2003241
For railroads, Chicago became the most important place on earth
THE LOOPS AT OLD FORT
Jim Wrinn, September 2006 247
Norfolk Southern's impressive Carolina crossing of the Blue Ridge
WHERE CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY
Joel Jensen, December 2009 253
It's business as usual on BNSF's Montana Division
This wonderful anthology, marking Trains magazine's 75th anniversary, features the elements that founder Al Kalmbach intended to showcase: the passion for the subject displayed by professionals and enthusiasts alike, the independent journalism that has always set Trains apart among railroad periodicals, the gritty and gripping tales (some of them very tall!) of working railroaders, the often poetic evocations of a business rooted deeply in America's romantic past.
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