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Trains Magazine 1955 December Burlington the big do-it-yourself railroad PRR yd
Trains Magazine 1955 December Burlington the big do-it-yourself railroad
65 pages
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
The case for the modern employee magazine - an opportunity for the railroads.
Railroad news photos.----7
Pennsy opens a new yard, Wabash gives away the 573, and Hoosac gets a guest.
While the engine steamed by. By H. Reid.16
Passing from us is a machine whose grace and charm will never quite be duplicated.
Grand Trunk Western keeps its word. By Jim Scribbins,18
A promise is a promise to an honorable railroad, and Detroit commuters benefit.
Without it, the little engine couldn't. By F. H. Howard.-21
Nobody has ever paid much attention to this "gentleman's gentleman" of yesterday.
How to ice a reefer in 45 seconds.24
A new mechanical gem has lopped 25 seconds per car off UP's icing procedures.
TVA to the rescue. Photographs by Philip R. Hastings
and commentary by David P. Morgan.-26
The steam engines of three Southern short lines thank their stars that TVA exists.
Photo section.---31
A rich stew of railroading everywhere, seasoned with a pinch of steam in Georgia.
Inside Burlington. By David P. Morgan.---42
Key functions of the Burlington plant: from C.T.C. to building of its own box cars.
When steam ruled Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.m55
LV's famous wide-firebox Mikes and Pa-cifics in action in the Keystone State.
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