Delaware & Hudson in the Sterzing era

Read more about the Bruce Sterzing era on the D&H in three news articles from Trains magazine. Download each story by clicking on the underlined PDF below. “D&H: 150 Years Old and Still Solvent” by J. David Ingles, published in the May 1973 issue of Trains magazine D&H 150 Years Old DOWNLOAD “Learning the Alphabet” […]

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Santa Fe’s Surf Line

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Read more about Santa Fe’s Surf Line in the following two PDFs: “Santa Fe Surf Line, 1940” by Keith Jordan, published in the August 2004 issue of Trains magazine “The Secret Borax Train” by Don Richardson, published in the Summer 2005 issue of Classic Trains magazine. Download each story by clicking on the underlined PDF […]

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Diesels invade N&W’s Blue Ridge Grade

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Jim Shaughnessy Geeps at Boaz – 1 Framed by a waiting Y6 and the siding shanty, five N&W GP9’s pass the Blue Ridge Grade helper siding at Boaz, Va., with a westbound boxcar train in August 1958. Jim Shaughnessy Geeps at Boaz – 2 Another August 1958 photo finds three GP9’s bringing a merchandise train […]

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Pullman on Dress Parade

The Summer 2008 issue of Classic Trains magazine pays tribute to the Pullman Company. Published in 1948 at the height of postwar passenger optimism, the 40-page booklet “Pullman on Dress Parade” showcased the company’s various accommodations and services. Pullman “On Dress Parade” DOWNLOAD […]

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