RAILROAD 1/74: CENTRAL AMERICA, ROBY & NORTHERN, ERIE, CNR 6060, UAC TURBOTRAIN

Railroad Magazine, Vol. 95, No. 3, January 1974. Refer to the scans for more info.

64 pages. In Very Good condition: all pages intact, lightly handled, no marks inside. 

Contents:

- Cover painting by Howard Fogg of Rio Grande Southern rotary snow plow in action c.1913.

- Photos of GM&O Train #233, Erie caboose, Alaska RR troop sleeper, car, Nevada Copper Belt doodlebug, Wabash F7's, FEC caboose, Frisco passenger train c.1927, BR APT, LV Niagara Jct tower operator, CP Rail intermodel container power unit, Central Indiana SW-1 #1.

- Photo gallery of steam and gas-powered trains in Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. 2 pages, 5 photos.

- Firing Alco's 50,000th steam locomotive, Erie 4-6-2 #2509. 4 pages, 3 photos.

- "Passenger Train Survey." -- 3 pages, with photos of Amtrak UAC TurboTrain, CNR FA's at McGivney station in 1951, and Penn Central F9's on Amtrak "Montrealer" and "Washingtonian". 

- "Interesting Railfan No. 133." -- Profile of photographer Mallory Hope Ferrell. 5 pages, 11 photos. Subjects include Cumbres & Toltec Scenic #483, Durango, Colorado Railroad Museum and Cass Scenic Shay.

- History of the Roby & Northern interurban railway. 2.5 pages, 4 photos and map.

- Ferrocarriles Unidos Del Sureste loco roster. 0.25 page.

- Maryland short line rosters. 1 page, with photo of Canton RR SW9 #47. 

- "In Search of Steam." -- 4 pages, 5 photos. Subjects include CNR 4-8-2 #6060 double-heading with steam-less #6218, ORA excursion with CPR 4-4-0 #136 and 4-6-0 #1057, Crown Zellerbach Shay #1 on last day of service, and McCloud River #25. 

- "Trackside in the Diesel Age." - Includes feature on GE U-25 type, with photos of GN, CB&Q, SLSF and UP U25B's and L&N U25C. 4 pages.

- "Transit Topics." -- 4 pages. 

Plus fiction, railroad trivia and industry news.

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