Winter 2002

Winter 2002

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: No School Tomorrow

By Ron Hatch

Snow, a sled, Soo Line F’s, and more snow

Marketing a National Institution: 20th Century Limited

By Michael Zega

Brilliant promotion helped establish New York Central’s flagship as America’s most famous train.

The Broadway’s Best Years

By Joe Welsh

After decades of playing second fiddle to the Century, Pennsylvania’s top train hit it big after World War II.

Glories of the Golden State

By Warren Taylor

The Rock Island-Southern Pacific flyer linked Chicago and Los Angeles in style.

Photo Section

West Virginia shortline steam, interurban freights, Quebec winterscape

Dual-Service Paragon

By John R. Canfield

Lackawanna’s Q-4 Poconos were at home on both freight and passenger trains.

Exploring Mexico in the 1960s

By Steve Glischinski

Photographer Bud Bulgrin found a colorful world of steam, narrow-gauge, and early diesels.

Flat-Faced Warriors

By Ron Flanary

Louisville & Nashville’s Alco FAs were from a time when style counted.

Last Train on the Narrow-Gauge

By Al Chione

Chasing the last train ever from Alamosa to Durango in December 1968.

An Engineer’s Engineer

By Don Angle

Northern Pacific’s Jack Woolverton knew how to stay on time at the throttle of a 4-8-4 on the North Coast Limited.

Departments

Editor’s Page

Legendary Limiteds

True Color

Watching the paint dry on a CNJ Babyface

Fallen Flags Remembered

Chicago Aurora & Elgin

A Classic Year

1963: Dieseldom’s Swingin’ Second Generation

The Way It Was

Spreading My Wings from SN Junction, by W. L. Gwyer • Showtime in Pasadena, by Harold E. Ahlers • A Sandwich on the House, by Steven Duff • The Ultimate Degree of Nomenclature, by Jim Shaughnessy • Mission Accomplished, by Scott A. Hartley • Nice to Fire For, but a Bit Strange, by Barry Anderson

Second Section

Gil Reid’s message for Ted Rose

Bumping Post

Englewood Union Station, Chicago

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