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Volume 60 | Number 1 | January 2000 |
Part #KAL-TR0001 | N Scale Supply Price: $4.50 |
F E A T U R E S |
10 Days That Shook Railroading - The act they call 'Staggers' On October 14, 1980, a few strokes of the pen by President Jimmy Carter saved the U.S. railroad system. by Don Phillips |
Power of an Industry - Still 'the diesel that did it' Electro-Motive's FT diesel led the charge that broke steam's stronghold on railroad motive power. by J. David Ingles |
The Professionals - A Southern legend, D. W. Brosnan Dennis William "Bill" Brosnan, Southern Railway's sixth president, was a prescient despot. by Bill Schafer |
Tools That Turned the Tide - "Here comes a non-stop meet!" Few, if any, other 20th century railroad operational breakthroughs rival the importance of Centralized Traffic Control. by Fred W. Frailey |
Landmarks - The grandest terminal of them all Among American railway terminals, New York's Grand Central stands in a class by itself. by William D. Middleton |
Preserve and Protect - Halls of honor The story of the B&O Museum's genesis has enough melodrama and intrigue to qualify as old-fashioned railroad fiction. by John P. Hankey |
"P" is for Passenger - A train for all centuries If ever a train and a time were meant for each other, New York Central's 20th Century Limited and its era were that match. by Karl Zimmermann |
True Believers - The last Edwardian gentleman Colorful, outrageous, and never at a loss for words, author Lucius Bebee was Homer to the American railroad epic. by Walter P. Gray |
Selling the Service - Super slogan The value of snappy advertising mottos wasn't lost on U.S. railroads, and CB&Q's "Everywhere West" was short but sweet. by Robert S. McGonigal |
Things We Miss - Steam: The enduring queen Many favorite symbols of railroading are gone, but the steam locomotive stands apart because it's a living, breathing entity. by Ed King |
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