Classic Trains Fall 2015

A Century of Catenary
By Frank Tatnall
The Main Line west of Philadelphia — the first segment of the Pennsylvania Railroad's empire under wire — has been a grand stage for electric traction since 1915

Ingles Color Classics: Monon Moments: Riding the Route, Then Behind a BL2
By J. David Ingles
Four facets of my railfan hobby coalesced on an October 1975 weekend in Louisville
 
Just Before the End
By Fred B. Furminger
Traveling to see Grand Trunk Western and Illinois Central steam in February 1960, only weeks before diesels took over for good
 
Bird's-Eye View: Rio Grande's Burnham Shops in Denver
By Hol Wagner and Christopher Ahrens
Denver & Rio Grande Western's Denver complex has gone from narrow-gauge-only to Union Pacific GE diesels
 
Donald J. Russell: Dynamic Leader of the Golden Empire
By John R. Signor
Southern Pacific's outspoken president hired out as a lowly "instrument man" in 1920 and went on to challenge the railroad industry in the postwar era
 
What's in a Photograph? Virginian Railway Train 4 at Roanoke
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
A Pacific departs with the coal road's daily passenger local to Norfolk in 1955
 
The "Bridgeboro Boogie"
By Russell Tedder
A shortline interchange in south Georgia's "Pidcock kingdom" had a brief life
 
Last Stop Before World War II
By Bill Graper
The hidden story behind photos of my grandfather running the new Empire State Express
 
Chesapeake & Ohio's Big Sandy Budds
By Larry K. Fellure
On riding unique RDCs into "the coal bin of America"