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Railroad Magazine 1953 March Netherlands Rys Mail-Train Robbery Reading Locos
Railroad Magazine 1953 March Netherlands Rys Mail-Train Robbery
March, 1953Vol. 60, No. 235 Cents
Cover: Montreal-bound (Delaware & Hudson) By: Herb Mott
ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
Netherlands Railways Mel Krampf 14
The Greatest Mail-Train Robbery Freeman H. Hubbard 36
Diesel Warning Devices Drawings by H. B. Comstock 54
Dirge for the RGS...W. Steinhilber, Steve Lansing and Dr. A. G. Chione66
Sand Springs Railway A photo story by S. D..Maguire80
TRUE TALE
Boomers in a Blizzard Charles A. Roach 100
FICTION
Trial by Shovel Bill Herber 114
SHORT HAULS
That First NightCharles D. Dulin6
A New Brake Valve Joseph Lee 12
Along the Iron Pike Joe Easley 110
Locomotives of the Reading Railway
Fiddletown & Copperopolis Ry. (No. 55) Carl Fallberg 124
DEPARTMENTS
Information Booth Conducted by Alfred Comstock 58
Carbarn Comment Conducted by Ted Sanchagrin 92
On the Spot123
Railroad Hobby Club 141
Railroad Magazine March 1953
According to Stephans Railroad Directory the following information is included in this magazine:
0-6-0T R #1251 CLASS B4A LOCO R 1918 PHO
2-10-2 R #3011 CLASS K1SE B 1931 PHOTO
2-6-6-2 C&O #1309 LOCO BALDWIN PHOTO
2-6-6-2 C&O #1309 LOCO BALDWIN 1949 DATA
2-8-0 R #2000 CLASS I10SA LOCO B 1923-24
2-8-4 NKP #779 LOCO LIMA 1949 DATA
2-8-4 P&LE #9401 LOCO ALCO 1948 PHOTO
2-8-8-0 R #1827 CLASS N1SD B 1918 PHOTO
4-4-0 NYC #999 LOCO AT KINGSTON NY PHOTO
4-6-0 SILV #100 LOCO PHOTO
4-6-2 R #132 CLASS G1SA LOCO B 1924 PHOT
4-8-4 R #2100 CLASS T1 LOCO R 1945-7 PHO
A NEW BRAKE VALVE... (PRR) LEE
BOBTAIL TROLLEY L&ERR 1894-5 PHOTO
CITRUS FRUIT TRAIN FEB 14 1942 CALIF-ARI
CLRT #4234 TROLLEY PHOTO
DAVIS, SAM: CONFEDERATE SPY
DIESEL WARNING DEVICES
EMD #990 DIESEL LOCO 6 WHEEL/3 MOTOR TRU
END DOOR TROLLEY QRL&P #7 PHOTO
FR HISTORY OF NETHERLANDS RAILWAYS
FR NETHERLAND RAILWAY #2 INTERURBAN PHOT
FR NETHERLAND RAILWAY 4-4-0 LOCO PHOTO
FR NETHERLAND RAILWAYS DIESEL LOCO PHOTO
FR NETHERLAND RAILWAYS FOG SIGNALS PHOTO
FR NETHERLAND RAILWAYS TROLLEY-ELECTRIC
FR NETHERLAND RY #1003 LOCO 1948 PHOTO
FR NETHERLAND RY #3 INTERURBAN PHOTO
FR NETHERLANDS RAILWAY 4-8-4T LOCO PHOTO
FR NEW ZEALAND RAIL TERMS
FR ROUTE OF NETHERLAND RAILWAYS
FROG WARS
GREATEST MAIL-TRAIN ROBBERY (MILW)
HISTORY OF RGS: DEATH OF PHOTO ESSAY
HISTORY OF SSP: TROLLEY/OKLAHOMA
INTERURBAN D&I #25 PHOTO
INTERURBAN SSP #23 CCC PHOTO
INTERURBAN SSP #69, #74 PHOTO
INTERURBAN SSP #74 PHOTO
INTERURBAN SSP #75 PHOTO
INTERURBAN SSP #75 AT ARCHER AVE PHOTO
LIST OF RETIRED LOCOS IN DISPLAY USA
MA&CR #100 FREIGHT MOTOR PHOTO
MILW JUNE 13 1924 GREATEST MAIL ROBBERY
PC&N #2 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE PHOTO
REGISTRATION OF ID MARKS ON FREIGHT CARS
RM FR&NE: LOCOS/MAN HUNTS/ENG KILLS 2
RM SP: JOHN HUMISTON/LOCO AIRBRAKES
RM SP: RUNAWAY WRECK 6 KILLED
ROBBERY OF A MILW MAIL TRAIN 6-13-1924
ROSTER OF R LOCOS: STEAM/DIESEL
RT: JERKWATER
SNO = Short Notes on
SNO ATSF: ICE MFG PLANT STATISTICS
SNO B&M: SIGNAL HISTORY
SNO B&O: 8 SENECA INDIANS LOCO ENGINEERS
SNO C&AT: CHARTERED 1830/BLOCKS D&BB
SNO D&BB: 1870'S BEGAN LINE/C&AT PROBLEM
SNO D&I: ELECTRIC RAILWAY/COLORADO
SNO IOWAC: ROUTE CORRECTION 9/1952
SNO L&ERR: BECAME LORAIN STREET RAILROAD
SNO LIG: 16 MILES/BEING ABANDONED
SNO LSM&PC: INCORP 1886/HORSECAR LINE
SNO LSRR: ABSORBED BY LSEL/RETAINED NAME
SNO M&BI: 97 MILES/GEORGIA/RY AND RR
SNO MA&CR: INTERURBAN/MINNEAPOLIS/15 MI
SNO NP: HOPPERS TUNNEL NOW DAYLIGHT
SNO PC&N: 2 LOCOS/14 MILES/TEXAS
SNO PGE: 1952 FIRST RUN TO PRINCE GEORGE
SNO PRR: FREIGHT SERVICE IMPROVEMENT
SNO PRR: NEW STATION AT LEVITTOWN PA
SNO R: ABSORBED D&BB
SNO SP: CABOOSE REMINDS OF SAEFTY RESPON
SNO UP: TRANSPARENT BOXCAR-REDUCE DAMAGE
SNO W-W: 3 1/2 MILES/ABANDONED 1926
SP BEAUMONT TEXAS RUNAWAY WRECKS
SSP #1003 MOTOR 400 HP ELECTRIC PHOTO
SSP #62 TROLLEY PHOTO
STATION AND OUTHOUSE RGS OPHIR PHOTO
STATION MILW RONDOUT PHOTO
STATION PRR LEVITTOWN PA
STATION SSP FREIGHT & SUB-STATION TULSA
STATION STOP SSP TULSA PHOTO
THAT FIRST NIGHT (ATSF) DULIN
TRIAL BY SHOVEL HERBER
TTR = True Tales of the Rails
TTR BOOMERS IN A BLIZZARD ROACH
WARNING DEVICES ON DIESELS
WATER TANK RGS RIDGWAY YARDS PHOTO
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