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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features: Last Hours of a Legend - Virginia & Truckee's prosaic reality was about to end in 1950 as the daily mixed train prepared to leave Minden. By Kevin P. Keefe Cover Story: Which Way Home from Denver? - A dilemma for an Illinois fan heading east in 1967 was solved by SP pa's, plus rides on the Rio Grande, UP, and NP. By J. David Ingles Thrills and Chills on the Milwaukee Road! - The story behind the making of the memorable melodrama Danger Lights in Hollywood's "talkie" era. By Les Hammer Queen of the First Ladies - Southern Railway's streamlined Ps-4 Pacific No. 1380 was the best of a great breed. By Curt Tillotson Jr. Jim Shaughnessy: Self-Taught Master - By night and by day, on railroads big and small, this famed photographer has produced a vivid record. By John Gruber Artist's License in Austin - Missouri Pacific at its 1950s best is depicted in a Texas capital city scene. Painting by John Winfield Hot Train and the Value of a Dollar - How a young Union Pacific fireman benefited from his veteran hoggers experience, in more ways than one. By Les dark Photo Classics - Santa Fe pa's and F7's in color, Jersey Central's Elizabethport shop complex from the air ... and more. Celebrating a Century - Filled with postwar optimism, the Erie and several other roads made major events of their 100th anniversaries. By H. Roger Grant Canadian National's Narrow-Gauge Kingdom - Mixed trains and slow freights across Newfoundland provided a glimpse into a vanishing world. By James B. Armstrong Regulars: Editor's Page - Witnesses to history Contributors - Meet this issue's crew Fast Mail - Letters from our readers Fallen Flags' Remembered - Virginian Railway A Classic Year - 1954 The Way It Was - Tales by railroaders and raitfans Bumping Post - Pacific Electrics Los Angeles terminaler.
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