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Trains Magazine 1956 January Interurbans in Iowa Black Diamonds & White diesels
Trains Magazine 1956 January Interurbans in Iowa
56 Pages
Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan.6
In today's news is a forecast of what the New Year will bring to railroading.
Railroad news photos.-8
New duds for some not-so-old cars, and new tasks for some not-so-young engines.
The saddest train of all. Photographs by Philip R. Hastings
and commentary by David P. Morgan.14
The death of Oneida & Western and the life of L&N and Morehead & North Fork.
The antique dealers. By Warren W. Brown.20
What about the Weeks Report that has taken up so much recent time and newsprint?
When railroading went to war. By E. John Long.22
To the stripling railroads the Civil War was more than a "War Between the States."
Photo section.27
In panorama or in miniature - the excitement of this railroad game is never-ending.
Pilots ... the symbolism of the art. By F. H. Howard.38
The Barrymore nose never had more distinction than did the steamer's pilot.
Black diamonds and white diesels. By Donald Sims.40
Over Soldier Summit by moonlight move the paradoxes that keep the Utah running.
Steam rules B&O's Lake Branch. By Jim Shaughnessy.47
Baltimore & Ohio's whoppingest babies sometimes doublehead on this Ohio branch
MILWAUKEE GOES TO NEW PLACES
IN THE midst of it all, President John Kiley of the Milwaukee Road opined that October 1955 would go down in history as the railroad's "busiest and most interesting month" and "certainly . . . one of the most significant." As he spoke his railroad was playing the time-honored role of the harried, happy housewife, feverishly rearranging f urn it u r e and cleaning up the place for guests. Come October 30 and Union Pacific was dropping a 75-year-old agreement with Chicago & North Western and taking its streamliner fleet to Milwaukee rails to bridge the gap between Omaha, UP's "end-of-track," and Chicago.
For Milwaukee, that meant fast work at the switch:
Signaling and track - Once the word was definite last May, track gangs went to work on the Iowa Division, resurfacing and laying new rail. In the Chicago Terminal zone a secondary freight main between Western Avenue and Franklin Park was relaid with 132-pound steel and signaled so as to create a three-track operation; between Franklin Park and Elgin, 25 miles, signal crews moved in to install "reverse" C.T.C. with complementary crossovers so that trains could operate in either direction on either main of the double track. And on the agenda for 1956: C.T.C. over the 196 miles between Marion, Ia., and Manila plus cab signals all the way.
Equipment-West Milwaukee Shops refurbished and repainted (in UP yellow with red and gray trim) enough streamlined cars to make up Milwaukee's share of the pool: 1 mail car, 6 express cars, 3 dormitory cars, 18 coaches, 7 tap cars and 3 diners. (Another 4 or 5 cars will be added at a later date.)
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