Classic Trains Fall 2020

FEATURE ARTICLESNorth to Florida for a Winter VacationBy Phil GosneyA young man finds a world of passenger-train action at Jacksonville during a week-long, seven-train tour of the Deep South in late 1968

Steam’s Last Stand in the Twin CitiesBy Jeff TerryTwo former Soo Line 0-6-0s kept St. Paul’s fires burning into 1964Nightfall for Ohio InterurbansBy Art PetersonThree of the Buckeye State’s last traction lines made a vivid impression after darkIngles Color Classics: Alco’s OutlierBy J. David InglesThe Century 420 was a comparative beauty among beastsWhat’s in a Photo?By Jerry A. PinkepankA re-engined MoPac RS3 delivers a car at Sedalia, Mo

Charlie’s Photo AlbumBy Fred B. FurmingerRailfan/railroader Charles Erler documented the western New York railroad scene in the 1940sMountain BrakemanBy Steve BradleyRide over CP Rail’s tough Mountain Subdivision in the cab of an SD40-2

Jersey City SunsetBy Brian SolomonA forest of semaphores kept trains safe at CNJ’s biggest terminalArchive Treasures: A Passion for Small RailroadsBy Kevin P. KeefePhotographer Fred Springer was drawn to colorful short lines in Texas, Louisiana, and MississippiBest of EverythingBy Chris BurgerAdventures with North Western’s “F Troop”: Railroaders on C&NW’s former Chicago Great Western lines faced a host of challenges