Classic Trains Spring 2016

Wyoming Steam ParadeBy R. Clifford Black IV In 1953, a boy and his dad thrilled to the constant mainline action of Union Pacific's Big Boys, Challengers, and Northerns What's in a Photograph? Double RS2s on the LaurentianBy Jerry A. Pinkepank Delaware & Hudson's Montreal—New York City day train pulls into Plattsburgh, N.Y., on August 10, 1957 Left on the Drawing Board — CN SteamBy Kevin J. Holland The lightweight Prairies and Mikados that never wereWaiting Your TurnBy Steve Patterson Sometimes, diamonds are not a passenger's best friend Breaking in at MaitlandBy David Birckbichler In 1973 at an Ohio tower, a rookie EL operator catches both a good break and a bad one Calamity at GlenitaBy Ron Flanary Southern Railway learned some lessons in technology from a 1968 Virginia coal train pile-up 3 Photographers on The HillBy Tom Gildersleeve Different perspectives of a train cresting Donner Pass  Travels with EarlBy Ed King An express messenger on N&W's Abingdon Branch gave his grandson the gift of railroading Ingles Color Classics: Delray DaysBy J. David Ingles Action at the heart of Detroit railroading a half century ago Bird's-Eye View: Lehigh Valley in Downtown Hazleton, Pa.By Richard W. Jahn A gas-electric waits for a steam train to clear the depot track in 1950 Journey to NaptownBy Charlie Ardery A trip in a drawing room on PRR's Spirit of St. Louis remains a treasured memory