Classic Trains Fall 2015

A Century of CatenaryBy Frank Tatnall The Main Line west of Philadelphia — the first segment of the Pennsylvania Railroad's empire under wire — has been a grand stage for electric traction since 1915Ingles Color Classics: Monon Moments: Riding the Route, Then Behind a BL2By J. David Ingles Four facets of my railfan hobby coalesced on an October 1975 weekend in Louisville  Just Before the EndBy Fred B. Furminger Traveling to see Grand Trunk Western and Illinois Central steam in February 1960, only weeks before diesels took over for good  Bird's-Eye View: Rio Grande's Burnham Shops in DenverBy Hol Wagner and Christopher Ahrens Denver & Rio Grande Western's Denver complex has gone from narrow-gauge-only to Union Pacific GE diesels  Donald J. Russell: Dynamic Leader of the Golden EmpireBy John R. Signor Southern Pacific's outspoken president hired out as a lowly "instrument man" in 1920 and went on to challenge the railroad industry in the postwar era  What's in a Photograph? Virginian Railway Train 4 at RoanokeBy Jerry A. Pinkepank A Pacific departs with the coal road's daily passenger local to Norfolk in 1955  The "Bridgeboro Boogie"By Russell Tedder A shortline interchange in south Georgia's "Pidcock kingdom" had a brief life  Last Stop Before World War IIBy Bill Graper The hidden story behind photos of my grandfather running the new Empire State Express  Chesapeake & Ohio's Big Sandy BuddsBy Larry K. Fellure On riding unique RDCs into "the coal bin of America"