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Railfan & Railroad Magazine 1996 September Farewell Shawmut Wisconsin Central
Railfan & Railroad September 1996
Features
40 Wisconsin Central's British Empire/Mike Walker
46 The 15th Annual R&LHS Awards/William L. Withuhn
48 CTA Reopens the Green Line/Bruce C. Nelson
52 The Final Days of the Pittsburg & Shawmut/Kurt Reisweber
61 The NRHS 1996 Charlotte Convention/Jim Wrinn
Departments
3 Railnews/news in color
6 Fanmail/letters from readers
8 On the Menu/Not all of them are eateries ...
10 Museum & Tourist Line Directory/recreational railroading
11 Railnews/Return of the NWP in color
12 Railnews/steam news in color
14 Timetable/events
18 Railnews/Union Pacific news in color
22 Videos/videotape reviews
27 Railroadiana/product news and reviews
32 Railfun/Curt Katz
33 Camera Bag/Contributing feature articles (Del Vecchio)
34 Transit Currents/George M. Smerk
36 Railnews/news in detail
60 Railnews/NRHS Charlotte Convention in color
61 Markers/editorial commentary
62 Switch List/classified advertising
64 Advertising Index/the railfan marketplace
65 Railnews/NRHS Charlotte Convention in color
66 Railnews/news in color
Cover
In September 1988, five Pittsburg & Shawmut SW9s headed for Brookville, Pa., after working the coal loader at Dora. In April 1996 the P&S transferred its rail operations to the regional Genesee & Wyoming; Kurt Reisweber describes the last days of the old P&S beginning on page 52. Kodachrome by Jim Boyd British-built 60019, one of the first locomotives painted into Wisconsin Central's English, Welsh & Scottish livery, was at Brush Traction's Loughborough shops on May 20, 1996. Mike Walker looks at WC's "British Empire" in his article on beginning page 40. Kodachrome by Colin Marsden.
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