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Vintage Rails #3 1996 Spring Streamliners Clinchfield 1965 Steinheimer
Vintage Rails 1996 Spring No 3
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Streamliners: The Dazzle of the New
BY MARK REUTTER
A time when the ten fastest trains in the world were U.S. streamliners.
Lionel Streamlines, page 31; A Glimpse of the Zephyrs, page 34;
Mary Colter, Architect and Designer, page 66; A Preserved Pioneer, page 70.
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Ragan's Art Reaches Far and Wide
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Steinheimer's Half-Century of Rail Photography
TEXT BY TED BENSON / PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD STEINHEIMER
Part 2: Done Honest and True.
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Photo Album
Photography from the best years of steam and diesel railroading.
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Detour: How the Clinchfield Dealt with Crisis in 1965
BY RON FLANARY
The disappearance of the wrecker derrick by Steve Patterson, page 58
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Walt Smith: Boomer
BY DOUG RIDDELL
A new generation in the 1950s could not count
on lifetime employment in one location.
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ectric Railway Streamliners
BY WILLIAM D. MIDDLETON
Innovative designs improve speed and reduce energy consumption.
7 Operator's Desk
What might have been.
8 Letters to the Editor
Readers write about preserving history and other ideas.
14 Readers Recall
Memories of engineers and streamliners.
26 Time-Tables
1960: "A Chance to be Prosperous."
78 Executive Suite
Hugh S. Vierling talks about his days on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
83 Unforgettable Railroad Days
Robert Janz tells about the Presidential Connection in Chicago.
86 Railroad Collectibles
Ralph L. Pierce writes about lanterns in "Batteries Not Included."
90 Vintage Marketplace
Brian Jennison comments on literature and videos.
94 Book Marks
Ed King reviews RAILS REMEMBERED, VOLUME ONE, by Louis M. Newton.
95 Swap Meet
Classified advertisers list bargains.
98 Terminal Ad
Santa Fe: Hospitality all the way.
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