Classic Trains Spring 2013

Where the Big Boys and Challengers Roamed
By Stan Kistler
In 1956, a Californian ventured east for Union Pacific's big show in Wyoming and Nebraska

Running a Railroad for Fun
By Max A. Hill
Ike Duffey helped make basketball history, then took over a 44-mile, one-locomotive Indiana line for $1 a year

Bird's-Eye View: Quincy Hosts the "Expo"
By Hol Wagner
High water on the Mississippi forced Burlington's Exposition Flyer to detour

A West Coast Railfan in Philadelphia, 1967-1974
By Bob Trennert
A Southern Californian discovers an electrifying railroad world of heavy locomotives, commuter M.U.'s, trolleys, and interurbans

Under My Nose
By Jim Shaughnessy
Just down the hill from my boyhood home, Troy Union Station put on a wonderful show

Lammy's Ride
By Thomas Sandlin
A brakeman finds himself on the wrong side of the Twin Star Rocket's observation car—the outside

Ingles Color Classics: Illiana Ping-Pong
By J. David Ingles
Sampling Chicago short-haul passenger trains in 1967

Charades on the Erie
By Bill Doyle
Why the "A. King" family always missed their train