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Vintage Rails #15 1998 November December 3 cylinder steam IC SP Hawaii
Vintage Rails 1998 November December
Features
8Rare Pleasures
BY RICHARD STEINHEIMER
Electric helpers in snow; snow sheds on the Plains.
32 Three-Cylinder Concept
BY ROBERT A. LE MASSENA
Only 261 of these huge engines were constructed with the third cylinder hidden between the two outside cylinders.
44Recollections of a Locomotive Fireman
BY DON OLSEN
Fulfilling a boyhood dream of firing oil-burning locomotives on SP's Shasta Division out of Dunsmuir.
54Illinois Central Passenger Service
BY PHIL GOSNEY
Chocolate and orange varnish in the final years.
66Hawaii's Expensive Railroad
BY SOPHIA SCHWEITZER
Costs for the ambitious line exceeded all estimates.
74A Day on the Natchez Route
BY Louis A. MARRE
Bill Pletz's June 1948 photos of rail activity in Hattiesburg.
82Toy Trains and the Holiday Tradition
BY ALLAN W. MILLER
For generations toy trains have enjoyed a most-favored status for the Christmas season.
90The Advertising Art of Frank J. Reilly
BY MICHAEL ZEGA
Dramatic perspectives on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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