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Features: Ready to Serve the Nation - Soldiers' signatures recall a time when railroaders and railroads answered an urgent call. By Robert S. McGonigal The B&O Goes to War - Records from early December 1941 show the effects of global conflict on Baltimore & Ohio's St. Louis line. By Bob Withers Inspiring the Home Front - When war suddenly inundated them with traffic, the railroads switched advertising strategies. By Michael Zega Hitler's Rail-Wreckers - Some of America's great railroad landmarks were prime targets in a daring Nazi sabotage plot. By Peter A. Hansen GI with a Paintbrush - Lt. Gil Reid's artwork captured the railroad scene around Naples, Italy, in 1944. By Robert S. McGonigal Photo Classics - An all-color look at wartime railroading on the Santa Fe, Soo Line, C&IM, Atlantic Coast Line, and Key System. ' A Soldier's "Wartime Fan Trip" - How a man rode trains over 20,000 miles in 2 years, courtesy of Uncle Sam. By Fred N. Houser EMD's Shock Troops - While helping to defeat the Axis abroad, early E units, FT's, and switchers battled steam at home. Recalled to Active Duty - Marginalized by highways and the Depression, electric interurbans served with distinction during the war. By William D. Middleton Troop Cars - Boxcar-inspired troop sleepers and kitchen cars were answers to the railroads' wartime capacity crunch. By Patrick C. Wider Close Call at Clevilas Tunnel - One night during the war, a Virginian Railway operators quick thinking prevented a catastrophe. By Ed King Regulars: From the Editor - The greatest challenge Contributors - Meet this issue's crew Fast Mail - Letters from our readers Fallen Flags Remembered -Western Pacific A Classic Year - 1941 The Way It Was - Tales by railroaders and railfans Second Section - Rescue and resurrection Bumping Post - Washington Union Station ON THE COVER: Forward, a painting by Dean Comwell for the Pennsylvania Railroad's 1944 calendar, evokes the railroads' World War II role. Dan Clipper collection.
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