Over the Top
Green
Southern Railway F units lift the Carolina Special up Saluda Grade. By Robert
S. McGonigal |
Summer Frenzy on Lake Erie
Warm
weather brought boom times for the railroads that moved coal and ore to and from
Lake Erie ports. By Herbert H Harwood Jr. |
One
Afternoon at 75th Street
In 1946, a station
platform on the South Side of Chicago was a great place to see passenger trains.
Photos by Willard A. Gardner |
Cover Story: Fond
Farewells
Seven authors and photographers recall
some memorable fantrips from the end of the steam era. |
Port Jervis: A Place to Watch Trains
In August 1957, two boys discovered the enduring charms of an Erie Railroad town.
By Karl Zimmermann |
Colorado and Beyond with Dick
Kindig
From big steam to narrow gauge, a great
photographer from Denver caught it all. By John Gruber |
City of Memphis: The Budget Streamliner
After
World War II, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis couldn't wait for a new
passenger train, so it built its own. By George Rieves |
Photo Classics
Color and black-and-white
views of West Point Route steam, a Wabash Train Master, box-cab electrics, a 4-6-4
in flight, and more. |
A Boy and the GM&O
How
a teen-ager spent a summer as an unofficial depot apprentice at Independence,
Mo. By Michael L. Gillespie |
Got Another
One
A tale of a sly Norfolk & Western engineer
and his 78-mph GP9's. By Ed King, with a painting by Ted Rose |
Classic Railroad Advertising: Selling the Standard Era
Part
1 in a series describes how the railroads first used color to promote their services.
By Michael Zega |
