Classic Trains Fall 2009

Tales from the Front
Three retired firemen remember good times and bad aboard Southern Pacific's giant cab-forward 4-8-8-2's.
By Barry Anderson, Dan Ranger, and Bob Freese

One Day at . . . Zacatecas, Mexico
Stan Kistler found steam riding high during a 1960 trip south of the border
The Shaughnessy Files: The Jumping Goose
Teenaged Jim Shaughnessy encounters a homemade railbus on the little Grasse River Railroad in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State
By Jim Shaughnessy

Fort Worth & Denver Days
Boyhood steam adventures in Abilene, Texas, during the early 1950s
By Gary Bonine

Photo Section
Lackawanna, B&O, and Milwaukee diesels in color, plus steam on Canadian National, Santa Fe, and North Western
Bird's-Eye View: Depot Pairs in Omaha and Baltimore
PRR's Penn Station and B&O's Mount Royal Station (Baltimore) and CB&Q's Burlington Station and UP's Union Station (Omaha)
Classics Today: Omaha's Art Deco Masterpiece
Omaha Union Station is now a multifaceted museum
By Robert S. McGonigal

Storming the Steel City
Dave Ingles recalls a 1962 visit to "Fortress Pittsburgh," home to gritty industrial roads and their rare diesels.
By J. David Ingles

The Case of the Black Marias
Alco's first answer to the F unit may have been a failure, but it pointed the way to the FA
By Preston Cook