Glory Days: The Electrics Won, but Steam Put on the Best Show
In the 1920a€ s, the Virginian pitted steam vs. juice; it was quite a show
By By J. W. Swanberg
Turbines: King Coal's Battle Against the Diesel
With oil-burning motive power taking over fast in the 1940's, a group of railroads, suppliers, and mining companies mounted a valiant effort to retain coal as the king of locomotive fuels
By By Erik Hirsimaki
Last Gasp of the "Hoot Toot & Whistle"
Visiting a notable short line in 1971, with success . . . and regrets
By By James B. Armstrong
Birda€ s-Eye View: Three Los Angeles Photos
Southern Pacific in the 1930a€ s, Union Passenger Terminal when new
Three Good Days in the Army
By troop train from Louisiana to California, in 1966
By By Edward M. DeRouin
Photo Section
Color of C&NW and GN steam, D&H and LV Alco PA's, and more
Southern's Not-So-Great Locomotive Chases
Unusual circumstances on the obscure LL Subdivision in Kentucky
By By Dennis R. Mize
Great Photographers: Herb Harwooda€ s East and Midwest
The varied photography interests of a career railroader and scholar
By By John Gruber
One Day at . . . Mayville, N.Y.
Steam on PRRa€ s unremarked Chatauqua Branch in October 1951
By Photos by Mert Leet
Relics in the Roundhouse
Visits to that most distinctive of rail buildings yielded some real prizes
By By George A. Forero Jr.
Departments
Editor's Page
The Many Yesterdays of Turbine Locomotives
True Color
Missabe Road in 1970
Fallen Flags Remembered
Columbus & Greenville
A Classic Year
1951: Passenger positives, lots of new diesels
The Way It Was
Previewing a Future that Never Was, by William J. Sparkmon a€Ã