Spring 2000

Spring 2000

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

Classic Trains is a quarterly magazine celebrating the “golden years of railroading.” Each issue covers the North American railroad scene from the 1920s to the late 1970s with extraordinary photographs and compelling writing. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, down-home local trains, great passenger terminals, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers . . . they’re all in the pages of Classic Trains.

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Glory Days: A Great Time and Place

By Robert S. McGonigal

In 1948, the spectacle of postwar railroading was on view along Pennsy’s Main Line west of Philadelphia.

Steamliners to the Sunshine State

By Joe Welsh

When the upstart Seaboard boldly re-equipped its Florida trains in 1938, conservative Coast Line quickly followed suit.

When Elan Rode the Traction

By Gordon E. Lloyd

An unexpected visitor, followed by a fast interurban ride, made for a special day on the Illinois Terminal in 1953.

Great Photographers: Stan Kistler’s L.A.

By Stan Kistler

One of the West’s top photographers looks back on the 1940’s and ’50’s in Southern California.

Night Passage

By Vernon L. Smith

The job of firing a Minnesota iron range 0-6-0 on a night run was not for the faint of heart.

Detroit: Where Central’s Diesels Met

By J. David Ingles

The Motor City was a melting pot for New York Central’s assortment of EMD’s, Alcos, GE’s, Baldwins, and FM’s.

Lima’s Last Steam Locomotive

By John B. Corns

Examining the magic and mysteries of the last of a great breed: Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 779.

Going Out in Glory

By Mallory Hope Ferrell

Near the end of its precarious existence, the Rio Grande Southern hosted some memorable fan trips.

Photo Classics

A gallery of color and black-and-white views of Northern Pacific, Jersey Central, Western Maryland, Lehigh Valley, Katy, and others.

Diesels Arrive on the Milwaukee Road

By Jim Scribbins

A historian recalls the early 1940’s, when “Famous 15,” its alter ego 14, and two special SW1’s went to work.

Stream Stronghold

By Philip R. Hastings

At the end of the 1950’s, the big show still played on Canadian National in southern Ontario

Departments

Editor’s Page

A Special Time

Fallen Flags Remembered

Louisville & Nashville: Still reliable after all these years

The Way It Was

I Rode the Crescent—for Free!, by Curt Tillotson Jr. • A Little Nervous Calculating, by Ed King • No One Dared Look, by Bert Pennypacker • At Grandmother’s, by Richard A. Polk • Rough Handling, by Robert Henderson • Of Trusting Mothers and Hot Summer Days, by Don Hodun

A Classic Year

1966: Southern Steams Up, EMD Revs Up

Bumping Post

Grand Central Station, Chicago

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