Classic Trains Spring 2017

Steam's Last, Highest OutpostBy Gordon GlattenbergRide the locomotive on Colorado & Southern's Climax Branch to the top of America's standard-gauge trackageWhat's in a Photograph? C&NW at Sioux City Stockyards, 1947By Jerry A. PinkepankExtensive rail facilities were required to support the Iowa town's meatpacking plants"Booming" in Modern TimesBy Steve LasherAdventures of a locomotive engineer on the Rock Island and Burlington Northern in the mid-1970sCruising San Francisco Bay with the Railroad NavyBy James E. ValleVessels of the SP, WP, and Santa Fe thrilled a boy from Oakland in the 1950sBird's-Eye View: Change at Jamaica!By John KrattingerIn 1950, the heart of the Long Island Rail Road boasted steam, diesel, and electricB&O Steam Bows Out in Southern OhioBy J. Parker LambA 1955 assignment to Dayton enabled an Alabaman to catch the end of an era on one of the East's biggest railroadsFalse SpringBy Eric HirsimakiA freshly shopped Berkshire is ready for what turned out to be a tragically short final seasonRadio and the People's RailwayBy Greg GormickCanadian National's pioneering efforts led to North America's first coast-to-coast broadcast networkIngles Color Classics: Go South for SpringBy J. David InglesAn April 1971 weekend visit in Montgomery, Ala., welcomed us to warmer weatherThe "Other" Springfield TerminalBy R. R. WallinGone 65 years, Illinois' version hauled coal