Cab Rides in Canada
After steam had largely vanished from U.S. main lines, the big show was still playing in Ontario and Quebec, where friendly engine crews often welcomed a visitor during three memorable trips
By Frank Barry
These Are a Few of My Favorite Trains
A Chicago trip organizer remembers excursions he put together on Santa Fe, Louisville & Nashville, Chicago & North Western, and Milwaukee Road just before Amtrak
By James A. Neubauer
Bird's-Eye View: Roundhouses East, Central, and West
Long Island Rail Road in Morris Park, N.Y.; Rock Island in El Reno, Okla.; and Northern Pacific in Auburn, Wash.
The Beasts of Lafayette
The Monon's nine Alco C628's were too much for the bantamweight carrier, which sent them packing after only three years
By Tony Koester
Photo Section
Southern Pacific in the streets of El Paso; New York Central, Milwaukee Road, and New Haven electrics; Pennsy, B&O, and Erie 4-6-2's in color; a Rutland mixed; and Rio Grande's Prospector
Jenk & Menk
Seeing the Frisco by business car and caboose with a Tulsa newspaperman and a legendary railroad executive
By G. Mac Sebree
George Washington's Train
75 years ago, Chesapeake & Ohio worked hard to ensure a flawless debut of its new Washington-Cincinnati luxury train. [View a list of the George''s first-day consists.]
By Bob Withers
One Day at . . . Marion, Ohio
Trains of Erie Lackawanna, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, and Penn Central star on a June 1970 Sunday. [View a list of trains at Marion on June 14, 1970.]
By Robert L. Davis Jr.
Classics Today: Marion: Crossroads of History
By preserving a passenger depot and interlocking tower, the Marion Union Station Association keeps history alive at a still-busy junction
By Kelly Lynch
Departments
True Color: Hat Trick on the Triple Track
In a rare color photo, the North Coast Limited, Empire Builder, and California Zephyr cool their heels at Aurora, Ill.
Fallen Flags Remembered: Boston & Maine
Northern New Englanda€ s largest railroad made a lasting impact
A Classic Year: 1957
Floods in the Midwest, Florida East Coast restores passenger service, Buffalo Creek & Gauley drops its fires, Milwaukee gets a new station, Atlantic Coast Line goes for six-motor diesels
The Way It Was
Roselle to Jersey City: A Farewell a€Ã