Classic Trains Winter 2015

Hudson Valley Hot Spot
By David W. Salter
Summer 1952 was the perfect time for steam and diesel variety on New York Central's Hudson Division

"Somebody'll die on you, for sure!"
By Chuck Larrabee
A prediction from a Santa Fe veteran gave a rookie coach attendant on Amtrak's El Capitan in 1971 some pause

What's in a Photograph? CB&Q's West Burlington Shop
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
An early 1950s gathering of F units, E units, a motor car, and two 44-tonners

Ingles Color Classics: Catching the Sales Pitchers
By J. David Ingles
Encounters with demonstrators through the 1960s whetted our diesel interest

Vermont Snowplow Weekend
By Roger Cook
A heavy Friday evening storm made for a brighter Saturday

Before the J
By C. K. Marsh Jr.
About the N&W 4-8-2s best known as 'J Juniors'

Steam in the Sunrise
By Jim Shaughnessy
Nova Scotia's coal-hauling Sydney & Louisburg — the easternmost standard-gauge railroad in North America — was one of the continent's final diesel conquests

B&O's Western Outpost
By Leigh Morris
There was a down-home quality about the branch to Beardstown, Illinois, a distant corner of a far-flung empire

Herding the Goats
By Barry Anderson
In the waning days of SP steam, a young fireman with visions of mainline glory often had to settle for duty on lowly switch engines