Classic Trains Fall 2014

East Bay Rails
By Fred Matthews
Growing up with trains near San Francisco in the late 1940s and 1950s

Ingles Color Classics: Hats Off to the Santa Fe ... or Maybe Not
By J. David Ingles
In the early 1970s, not all "warbonnets" were red

What's In a Photograph? Cotton Belt on the MoPac at Gorham, Ill.
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
A fast freight rides a two-railroad speedway in May 1971

Alexandria Steam Show
By William E. Hopkins
A busy point just south of the nation's capital was a fine place to watch trains in the early 1950s

Street Fight in Chicago
By Clifford J. Downey
In 1955, longtime transfer firm Parmelee lost the right to move intercity passengers between downtown terminals, and the war with John Keeshin was on

Bel-Del Doodlebug
By John J. Harmon
In 1958, a triangle trip in New Jersey satisfied my long-held desire to ride an obscure PRR line

One Man's Minneapolis
By Otto P. Dobnick and Art Peterson
Stan Baker paid attention to Twin Cities railroads in the 1960s

Bird's-Eye View: Seattle's King Street and Union Stations
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
On a 1948 afternoon, King Street had a late Empire Builder, but Union was quiet

Breaking Away in the Monon Manner
By William Benning Stewart
How the Hoosier Line helped a 16-year-old begin the journey from adolescence to adulthood