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Trains Magazine 1953 March Trains & Travel All about the RDC
Trains March 1953 Vol 13 No 5
CONTENTS
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
What a wonderful winter's day!----14
A bit of reminiscing about the days of old.
All about the RDC. By David P. Morgan.---16
What is this "Budd bug" that seems on the verge of revolutionizing railroad passenger business? Where did it come from? Why is it good? Here are the answers.
Gee whiz. A nostalgic one-pager.----23
Haven't you experienced this with your kids?
Brake shoes aweigh! By E. John Long.---24
Not only does the U. S. Navy operate a seagoing fleet, but it runs a landlubbing railroad!
The black wall. By Helen Thomson.---27
The people of Johnstown, Pa., trusted a dam that became their downfall in a disaster which also engulfed the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photo section.-------31
Railroading yesterday and today in photographs.
Notable feats of railroad engineering:
Keddie Wye - almost! By Wallace W. Abbey.-48
The Western Pacific's famous junction at Keddie is built of two trestles and a tunnel.
Famous steam locomotives:
Steam renaissance. Compiled by C. W. Witbeck.-50
Only the Illinois Central has undertaken such a wholesale rebuilding of steam power as is illustrated in these pages.
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