Classic Trains Summer 2016

The Great Northeast Railroad DebacleBy Don Phillips One of history’s great scams — Penn Central — caused a crisis whose solution led to the rebirth of American railroadingDiversity and Adversity: The Locomotives of Penn CentralBy Robert J. Yanosey How some 4,400 locomotives of almost 100 types from 3 railroads came under 1 big, black umbrella The Lehigh Valley in Three ActsBy Jeremy Plant From college years to a military hitch to the eve of Conrail, I gained different perspectives on a fascinating railroad Crossroads of the Jersey CentralBy John A. Yohannan Elizabethport, N.J., was a great place for a boy to watch trains in the 1930s, when steam was king and a track-elevation project was transforming the area Bee-Line for ProfitBy Dale W. Woodland The Reading was years ahead of its time when it introduced a new service concept in 1967 Phoebe Snow: The Lady and the TrainBy William S. Young DL&W’s 1900s advertising “lady in white” came back as a 1949 streamliner, then was revived by Erie Lackawanna From RS3s to C420sBy Richard W. Jahn Little Lehigh & Hudson River bought the first examples of a distinctive Alco second-generation model Photo SectionMilwaukee 4-6-4; Western logging steam, in color; Texas 4-4-0s in the ’40s and ’50s Bird’s-Eye View: Portland, Ore., Under Water in 1948By Peter A. Keller A May ’48 Columbia River flood also rose the Willamette around Union Station Ingles Color Classics: By Railfans, for RailfansBy J. David Ingles High on my “favorite steam excursions” list is a 1961 weekend in western Illinois behind CB&Q 2-8-2 4960 What’s in a Photograph? Narrow-gauge Mikados at Antonito, Colo.By Jerry A. Pinkepank Denver & Rio Grande Western engines of two classes meet on dual-gauge track, February 2, 1958 2 Hours on Raton: My Most Exciting MorningBy Bruce F. Wilson A teen talks his family into a lengthy overnight stop in July 1948Reading, writing, railroading By John Roskoski In a remote depot on SP’s Coast Line, a husband and wife moved trains and taught school to the sectionmen’s kids On Riding the “Saint J. & L.C.”By Roy Kiggins Spartan beauty and gritty perseverance marked this legendary cross-Vermont line