Vintage Rails #6 1997 Winter Bay Area Midwes Appalachian mixed trains Train pos
Vintage Rails 1997 Winter No 6
34 Bay Area Fan Trips, 1948-1964
BY JOHN ILLMAN
"The photo stops, with their smoky movie runs, were a revelation." Nevada Northern, a bonanza-era survivor, page 42.
44 Appalachian Mixed Train
BY STEVE PATTERSON
Riding the Abingdon Branch through the downhome life in lofty heights.
54 The Pullman Porter
BY DAVID D. PERATA
The porter serves as innkeeper, maid, bellman, electrician, and entertainer-all rolled up into one compulsory smiling face.
58 Photo Album
Views include the New Haven on the Poughkeepsie bridge.
66 Travel by Train
BY MICHAEL ZEGA
An unprecedented advertising campaign produces striking artwork.
68 Steam in the 1960s
BY JOHN GRUBER
Crowds enjoy Chicago, Burlington & Quincy excursions. Locomotive 4960 on the Grand Canyon Railway, page 72.
74 Now That Was Railroading
BY DOUG RIDDELL
After retiring as the last "colored" fireman, Tom Edwards Jr. maintains a room-full of Lionel and Marx trains.
80 Marx Electric Trains
BY ALLAN W. MILLER
Company manufactures colorful, durable toys at a reasonable price.
86 Classic Railroad Stories
SELECTED BY JAMES A. PORTERFIELD
Octavus Roy Cohen tells about a porter on the Birmingham Special.
7 Operator's Desk
The editor remembers CB&Q locomotive 4960 and the Denrock Zephyr.
8 Letters to the Editor
Alco PAs, innovative stations, and railroad maps.
20 Readers Recall
Memories of the 1960s, a pony, and the utility brakeman.
32 Time-Tables: 1939
Streamliners, Chessie's travels, and a century of express.
104 Executive Suite
"Gus" Aydelott's Grande Railroad.
108 Railroad Collectibles
Ralph D. Pierce and switchlock keys.
112 Vintage Marketplace
Brian Jennison comments on literature and prints.
116 Swap Meet
Classified advertisers list bargains.
122 Terminal Ad
The Pullman Company promotes its services in 1944.
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