TRAINS Magazine BOUND Vol 16 1955-1956 Nov-Oct

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LARGER SIZE? Click or >>>>. LARGER SIZE? Click or >>>>. LARGER SIZE? Click or >>>>. LARGER SIZE? Click or >>>>. Includes volume index. Contents Nov 1955: Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan. 6 Best-kept secret revealed as Union Pacific switches its streamliners to Milwaukee. Railroad news photos. ------ 8 Versatile Electro-Motive comes up withFrigirater — a reefer with big differences. Burlington: What makes it tick? By David P. Morgan. - 16 Beginning a staff study of a road whichtypifies progress made in TRAINS' time. Wintertime on the glory road. By F. H. Howard. - • 27 Indirect praise of dieseldom in a vivid ac-count of life at the roundhouse in January. "T's not another'un like it." By H. Reid. - - - 28 Cliffside packs a world of steam and steel and country humor into just 3.68 miles. Photo section. -------31 Twelve top-notch TRAINS photographers—their art on railroading, and themselves. /—^ Hot rods a vapeur. By Brian Fawcett. - - - 46 A last, loving look at French steam powerbefore the pantograph seals its final doom. The Black Cat wreck. By James Daugherty. ... 54 Okay, so you're not suspicious — but 's a true account of a railroad man who was. Departments: Railway post office - 58 Running extra - - 64 Second section - - 64 Interchange - - - 66 COVER PHOTO: CB&Q commuter train. La Grange, III. By W. A. Akin Jr. Contents: December 1955 Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan. 6 The case for the modern employee maga-zine an opportunity for the railroads. Railroad news photos. ------ 7 Pennsy opens a new yard, Wabash givesaway the 573, and Hoosac gets a guest. While the engine steamed by. By H. Reid. ... 16 Passing from us is a machine whose grace and charm will never quite be duplicated. Grand Trunk Western keeps its word. By Jim Scribbins. - 18 A promise is a promise to an honorablerailroad, and Detroit commuters benefit. Without it, the little engine couldn't. By F. H. Howard. - 21 Nobody has ever paid much attention to this "gentleman's gentleman" of yesterday. How to ice a reefer in 45 seconds. - » - - 24 A new mechanical gem has lopped 25 sec-onds per car off UP's icing procedures. ^ TVA to the rescue. Photographs by Philip R. Hastings and commentary by David P. Morgan. --- 26 The steam engines of three Southern short lines thank their stars that TVA exists. Photo section. ---.•••31 A rich stew of railroading everyw,seasoned with a pinch of steam in Georgia. Inside Burlington. By David P. Morgan. • • • 42 Key functions of the Burlington plant: from C.T.C. to building of its own box cars. When steam ruled Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. - •» 55 LV's famous wide-firebox Mikes and Pa-cifies in action in the Keystone State. Departments: Railway post office - 60 Running extra - - - 62 Of books and trains - 62 Second section - - 64 Interchange - - 66 COVER PHOTO: A portrait of Tennessee No. 37. By Philip R. Hastings. Contents Jan 1956: Railroad news and editorial comment. By David P. Morgan. 6 In today's news is a forecast of whatthe New Year will bring to railroading. Railroad news photos. ...... 8 New duds for some not-so-old cars, andnew tasks for some not-so-young engines. The saddest train of all. Photographs by Philip R. Hastings and commentary by David P. Morgan. - • 14 The death of Oneida & Western and thelife of L&N and Morehead & North Fork. The antique dealers. By Warren W. Brown. - - 20 What about the Wseks Report that has tok-en up so much recent time and newsprint? When railroading went to war. By E. John Long. - • 22 To the stripling railroads the Civil War wasmore than a "War Between the States." Photo section. ----... read more

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