Classic Trains is a quarterly magazine celebrating the “golden years of railroading.” Each issue covers the North American railroad scene from the 1920s to the late 1970s with extraordinary photographs and compelling writing. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, down-home local trains, great passenger terminals, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers . . . they’re all in the pages of Classic Trains.
Contents
Glory Days: Hometown Connections
Of Dispatcher Rosey, a Howling Storm, and an Almost-Cornfield-Meet
Tracking Down C&O’s Alcos
Final Fires of Birmingham
Classics Today: A Comeback of the Century
Great Photographers: Fred Matthews’ 59 Years of Rail Photos
How to Streamline a Pacific
One Day at . . . North Philadelphia
Bird’s-Eye View: On the Waterfront
Departments
Editor’s Page
Keepers of the flame of history
True Color
C&EI’s streamlined Pacific, Version 2
Fallen Flags Remembered
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo
A Classic Year
1972: Amtrak Toddles on; More Mergers at Hand
The Way It Was
“There’s My Grandfather’s House!” by J. David Ingles • Penny Pictures of the Sandy River, by Mallory Hope Ferrell • The Official Guide as a Geography Text, by Bob Mohowski • An Understanding Family, by Steven Duff • Where Time Stood Still on the CN • Two Ways to Take Water on the CNJ
Car Stop
Trolleys in the Twin Cities
Second Section
C&EI 1008, uncovered; R&LHS history awards
Bumping Post
Augusta (Ga.) Union Station
