Classic Trains Winter 2015

Hudson Valley Hot SpotBy David W. SalterSummer 1952 was the perfect time for steam and diesel variety on New York Central's Hudson Division"Somebody'll die on you, for sure!"By Chuck LarrabeeA prediction from a Santa Fe veteran gave a rookie coach attendant on Amtrak's El Capitan in 1971 some pauseWhat's in a Photograph? CB&Q's West Burlington ShopBy Jerry A. PinkepankAn early 1950s gathering of F units, E units, a motor car, and two 44-tonnersIngles Color Classics: Catching the Sales PitchersBy J. David InglesEncounters with demonstrators through the 1960s whetted our diesel interestVermont Snowplow WeekendBy Roger CookA heavy Friday evening storm made for a brighter SaturdayBefore the JBy C. K. Marsh Jr.About the N&W 4-8-2s best known as 'J Juniors'Steam in the SunriseBy Jim ShaughnessyNova Scotia's coal-hauling Sydney & Louisburg — the easternmost standard-gauge railroad in North America — was one of the continent's final diesel conquestsB&O's Western OutpostBy Leigh MorrisThere was a down-home quality about the branch to Beardstown, Illinois, a distant corner of a far-flung empireHerding the GoatsBy Barry AndersonIn the waning days of SP steam, a young fireman with visions of mainline glory often had to settle for duty on lowly switch engines