Winter 2020
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In this Issue
Less famous than their Lake Michigan cousins, railroad car ferries sailed Lakes Erie and Ontario for more than half a century.
A trip on the Southern’s Asheville Special becomes part of a family’s lore
Rails retreat from the lonely flatlands south of Sacramento
Donald W. Furler helped write the “rules” of action photography in the 1930s and ’40s, then tried color in the ’50s.
New York Central 4-8-2 westbound at Waterloo, Ind., 1949
A passion for trains as a college student turned into a brief railroad career
Rides on AT&SF’s two transcontinental routes opened up new vistas
The Chicago Division was small in mileage but immense in its impact on the C&NW
More in this issue
WELCOME
•J. David Ingles, 1941-2020
FAST MAIL
•Letters from readers on our Fall 2020 issue
THE WAY IT WAS
•Tales from rail fans and railroaders
BUMPING POST
•FEC’s Miami station
HEAD END
•A potpourri of railroad history, then and now
TRUE COLOR
‘Pere Marquette’ passing Rougemere
MILEPOSTS
Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe
CAR STOP
Philly’s boulevard for Bullets