Classic Trains Fall 2013

Building a Best-Seller
By Preston Cook
EMD was a minor player in the road-switcher market until it developed the GP7 in 1949

Pacific Lumber: California's Last Logger
By Dick Dorn
In 1966, two of us took a ride behind a "Harley of the diesel world"

Red Flag at Koldok
By William R. Kuebler Jr.
Remembering the railroaders: a painting captures a moment with an NP 4-8-4

New York Central Steam Memories
By Paul M. Moyer
As a young man, I was privileged to share my father's love for trains

Bird's-Eye View: Meridian Family Gathering
By M. S. Nussbaum
An old Queen & Crescent facility was still shared by Southern and IC in 1941

Rails to Dockside
By Steven Duff
Canadian Pacific's operation at Port McNicoll, Ont., is among the best remembered of several coordinated train-boat services throughout North America

Train Time in Durand
By Kevin P. Keefe
In the mid-1950s, you couldn't find a more exciting place to watch passenger trains than the crossroads of the Grand Trunk Western

Ingles Color Classics: Reprising the Blue Dart
By J. David Ingles
Luck on the Clover Leaf: Riding 394 rare miles behind a Nickel Plate Berkshire in 1969 . . . on home rails!

To Mexico for Slim-Gauge Steam
By Jim Shaughnessy
In 1961, a rugged line south of Mexico City was a delightful time capsule of old-time railroading