Spring 2024
Classic Trains Spring 2024 issue
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In this Issue
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Recollections of teenage railfan adventures in New Jersey in the 1950s
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Special rates created a splash of colorful freight cars roaming the rails
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Extra tractive effort for New England’s railroads
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A father’s love and encouragement fueled a son’s lifetime passion for railroading
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Union Pacific provided a fine steam show in Idaho in 1953
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One railfan’s encounters with GMDD’s diesel birthplace
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How West Virginia’s 1963 Centennial Train became Montana’s in 1964
Welcome – Pennsy perspective
Head End – A potpourri of railroad history, then and now
Fast Mail – Letters from readers on our Winter 2023 issue
Mileposts – Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe
True Color – Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Maumee River crossing
Short Rails – Manufacturers Railway Co.
The Way It Was – Tales from railfans and railroaders
Classics Today – Rail preservation in New Jersey
Looking Back – A place called ‘1027′