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I Like Trains Great reading from the magazine of Railroading 1940-1954 D Morgan
I Like Trains 1940-1954 Selected by David P. Morgan soft cover
I Like Trains
1940-1954
Great Reading from the Magazine of Railroading
Selected by David P. Morgan
Soft Cover
104 Pages
Copyright 1980
Contents
I like trains A.C. Kalmbach January 1941 3
"I like railroads, and there's no place like a train for ob- He must have inspired a thousand journeys with his serving the railroad." In his third issue, TRAINS' oft-quoted line, "Trains are great things; great to look founder stated the case for train-riding in a footloose at and admire, but most of all, great to ride on." And piece which took his readers on the New York Special at there is prophecy, perhaps, in, "And so, tomorrow, in-80 mph, into the depths of the Royal Gorge on the Sce- stead of filling my tank with gas, I'll down to the sta-nic Limited, up a California grade behind doubleheaded tion." Could Amtrak have said it better?
4-8-4's, onto a chilly depot platform at Gallup, N. Mex.
A day in the life of an engineer Ward Kimball October 1948 8
Bascom Farrow, overalled, bespectacled, cigar-smoking Walt Disney artist Ward Kimball went along on these Southern Pacific engineer, wrapped up 48 years of en- farewell trips, taking 232 photos of a professional at gine service in 1948. Last runs: L.A. to Bakersfield, Cal- work, and TRAINS published the best of them in this if., on 4-8-2 4335 leading the San Joaquin Daylight; memorable essay.
home on cab-forward 4-8-8-2 4246 with the West Coast.
"Table for one?" January 1952 16
Once upon a time there was gourmet dining in surface fence includes the system's recipe for Lobster a la New-
travel...and this New York Central edition of that exper-burg. The price was, as they say, right: $3.75.
A Vermont short line William Moedinger Jr. November 1941 18
Short linesminiaturized big railroadspreoccupied Pullman Conductor Bill Moedinger, whose copy and camera coverage of the little fellows found a ready market at 1568 W. Pierce St., Milwaukee, TRAINS' first home. The granite-hauling Montpelier & Wells River,
sort of a vest-pocket Boston & Maine, was handsomely chronicled with 16 photos, a Vermont rail map, and a locomotive roster. In 1941 such stories were revelations to outlanders.
Past midnight David P. Morgan March 1949 27
The lonely vigil of waiting for a train in the early a.m. is interrupted by train time. "Is that my train?" " No
ma'am," the agent calls. "This is the Denver train. Your train will be here at 4:46."
Scheduled for scenery Willard V_ Anderson .June 1950 28
Something wonderful happened to train riders in 1949. Three railroadsBurlington, Rio Grande, and Western Paciflclaunched a new train dedicated to the proposition that getting there was all the fun. TRAINS editor Andy Anderson took an early ride on this splendid
cruiseliner, the California Zephyr, and his people-oriented account was the next best thing to being aboard yourself. You leave the article as Andy left the trainreluctantly.
It's your railroad! Wallace W. Abbey January 1953 34
"Your name is Carl Donald. You are tall and thin, you wear glasses, and you talk with the dry, drawled colloquialisms of the farm belt. By profession you are a train dispatcher for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad." Thus be
gins eight hours in the life of a DS at Deshler, 0., handling trains over 108 miles of railroad by CTC and train order. You'll be at Carl's elbow for the whole trick as he processes 4-6-2's and 2-10-2's.
Married to a train Esther Probst March 195039
The poor lady had no inkling that her husband was a railfan until after the wedding. "On our honeymoon, he took half a dozen pictures of me in front of the hotel
and four rolls of film full of trains in a switching yard, all looking alike and pleasantly blurred by clouds of smoke." Consolation: waving at handsome engineers.
Midnight local Linn H. Westcott November 1951 42
The last train of the evening from North Plains, N.Y., into Grand Central Terminal proves to be a melancholy
ride through commutation territory. You'll be happy to finally attain Track 23, upper level.
Through the heart of the South Sam Appleby Jr. February 1949 44
For more than half a century, the major names in the railroad corporate lexicon did not change. Mergers, much less dissolutions, simply didn't occur. One of those now-fallen flags was Seaboard Air Line (yes, its stock did go up when Lindbergh flew the Atlantic), and in this engaging account, SAL loyalist Sam Appleby
tells of a back-from-bankruptcy carrier that donned diesels, stainless steel, and CTC to do battle with its larger, more affluent neighbor, Atlantic Coast Line. The magazine termed such reports "system stories"then and now.
The day coach David P. Morgan August 195154
With the legend of luxury passenger equipment secure in the embrace of Lucius Beebe, a TRAINS staffer took up the cudgels for that plain Jane, the day coach. He assayed many plain cars ("durable as bathtubs, though
seldom so clean") but also chronicled equipment to wax rhapsodic about, e.g., Chessie's Imperial Salon Cars, Milwaukee's "wood-paneled dens," Espee's articulateds. Most comfortable seats? In an old Santa Fe 12-wheeler.
Important business by rail Clayton G. Hale April 195362
The relationship between a little train and a little girl: "Daddy, I want to ride on the train all by myself. I won't
get hurt. Do you think you could help me?" One of the magazine's most moving stories.
I rode the "Big Blow" Wallace W. Abbey July 195364
Union Pacific made motive power headlines more than a quarter-century ago when it spent 14 million dollars on 25 locomotives whose shafts turned over at 6900 rpm. The managing editor was dispatched to Utah to see, ride, and photograph one of these gas turbines, and he
found much to admire and some things to question. Pertinent background reading on the first generation of a breed of engines that went to war against diesels, bravely but in vain.
Riding home Rosemaru Entrinuer June 195371
A co-ed recalls commuting on the Rock Island: "You drop into a yellow cane seat, pull the green shade to half mast, and poke your finger into the soot that is
growing anew from the smoke drifting back. It's going to dirty the elbow of your pink sweater....The 3:55 is a lazy, peaceable train." And this is a lovely tribute to it.
The trains we remember David P. Morgan June 195372
Twenty transitional years of trains from the Great Depression of the 1930's through the ultimate railroad effort of World War II to the mixed blessings of the early
1950'sa photo/text review of the decades that mingled the legendary 1938 Century with 103, EMD's FT demo, Monon's modernization, and the Chicago Railroad Fair.
Easy come, easy go A.C. Kalmbach October 194383
The readable, analytical style of Al Kalmbach found a splendid showcase in this coverage of Illinois Central's electrified Chicago suburban service. "Out of every 19 passengers who board American trains, one is riding the IC suburban!." Al exclaimed. "Here is really the
rush hour of rush hours." What intrigued him was the fact that of all Class 1 rail commuter operations, IC's was the only one with its own track, stations, and other facilities, independent of the rest of the company.
The maiden and the train Rosemary Entringer June 195496
A girl on a bike pauses beside an English country lane as a green 4-6-0 hurtles past with the Merchant Venturer.
Back Cover
Ever since the first issue of November 1940, TRAINS has shown interesting people doing interesting things with trains. The magazine's authors and photographers have documented the history, economics, and romance of a mode of transportation that has profoundly affected our entire culture. This collection of articles from MAINS' first 15 years brings back 20 popular features that provide a fascinating view of men and women working with, riding on, taking pictures of, and just plain watching trains during an era of rapid technological change.
If there was one personal trait of Al Kalmbach that showed up in TRAINS from Volume 1, Number 1 forward, surely it was his curiosity. Of course he felt that trains were fun, but that enthusiasm led him to wonder how to estimate an engine's horsepower, who owned New York Central, why New Haven lost money, how high the tracks were in Tennessee Pass, how fast the Hiawathas ran, where all the tracks went that rounded the far curve and vanished from view. He put the answer into TRAINS, a magazine he insisted should have the "unending curiosity of the National Geographic." I think that Al's curiosity is on display here in these excerpts from the first 15 years of the magazine. It is a collection of articles assembled for a generation that never knew the magazine in its infancy, a generation for whom a steam short line in Vermont will be new, as will a cab ride on a 4500 h.p. B-BB-B turbine. But curiosity was never synonymous with mere tabulation in Al's book, so I hope you will discern that original belief of his, that trains (and TRAINS) are fun. One personal recommendation, if you will: Do read page 71. It's a sensitive memoir by a sensitive writer, a person whose blue pencil contributed much to the grammar of this sampler, but whose own byline appeared far too seldom.
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