number 37 of a series Editor and 4-8-2 crew DID you know that there are brand-new Garratts in Spain and 2-6-0's in Indonesia; that in 1939 one could buy three meals a day on the Exposition Flyer for 90 cents; that Frisco and Santa Fe have recently pooled diesel power between Birmingham, Ala., and Los Angeles on symbol freights as a test; that Southern has its design people working on a 200-ton-capacity freight car; that one road designed (but never ordered) a streamlined 2-8-4 as early as 1934; or that the U. S. may have lost the record for the world's fastest freight train? Neither did we until recently when these and other items turned up in correspondence, research, and miscellaneous reading. Of course we'll get details and photos into TRAINS as soon as possible (perhaps even in this issue). For keeping briefed on what's important and interesting is essential to keeping TRAINS the magazine of railroading. world's largest freight classification hump yard. On Sunday double-header steam special will be run to Garneau, Que. Special train will have dining car and open-observation car at rear for ground photography. Cost of both days, $8. More information is available from J. Norman Lowe, Department of Public Relations, St. Lawrence Region, Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Que., Canada. June 30-July 14: Private-car party from Chicago to Vera Cruz, Mexico, under sponsorship of Illini Railroad Club (originally scheduled for July 7-15) will be operated in open-section observation car Chief Illini and all-room car Jouquin Miller via Burlington, Rock Island, Southern Pacific, new line of ChihuahuaPacific to Pacific Coast, Pacific Railroad, National Railways of Mexico, Mexicana, and return (via Laredo) on Missouri Pacific and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Fare, $275 (lower), $250 (upper). For further information and reservations, contact Illini Railroad Club, Box 62, Champaign, Ill. August 4-18: Private-car party from Chicago to Seattle to attend Century 21 Exposition (originally scheduled for August 11-25) will be operated in opensection observation car Chief Illini and all-room car Jouquin Miller under sponsorship of Illini Railroad Club. Routing will be via Burlington and Santa Fe to Los Angeles (includes stopover), thence via Southern Pacific to San Francisco, and via Northern Pacific and Burlington to Seattle and return. Side trip is available from Seattle to Vancouver to ride Pacific Great Eastern. Fare, $295 (lower), $275 (upper). Further information and reservations are available from Illini Railroad Club, Box 62, Champaign, Ill. August 4-19: All-Pullman trip, featuring Branford Trolley Museum; Montreal, Que.; Moncton, N. B.; INTERCHANGE [This department is for the convenience of readers wishing to acquire or dispose of photographic and other collections relating to railroads. TRAINS reserves the right to edit undesirable copy or refuse listings. Rate: 15 cents a word, in advance. Count all numbers and initials, including your name and address (but not including postal zone number). Closing date, 15th of second preceding month.] FOR SALE Steam negatives sold. Send stamped, self-addressed envelope for details. John A. krave, 429 Ford Building, Detroit 26, Micn. Little Railroad Classics still available: "Narrow Gauge to Silverton, 1961 printing; "The Slim Princess, SP Narrow Gauge story, $1 each; "Cab-in-Front, 50year history S1 backups, $1.50; all generously illustated. Hungerford Press, Reseda 2, Calif. Steam, gas trains: 312" to 24" gauge. Photos, details $1.00. Trains, 33T Winthrop, Reuoboth, Mass. New lists: "Foreign Steam of Germany, Australia, England, and West & West Coast Steam." Each list 15c. Thirty-five Slides, Box 3333, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. Steam photos. Original Baldwin Builders photos and color slides. Over 120 roads in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. 0-4-0-T's to 4-8-8-4's. Large list only 25c. Roy F. Wake Railroad Productions, 1429 Congress, Chicago 7, Ill. "Rio Grande Southern" by Josie Crum, only $10.50. Many other narrow gauge books and railroadiana at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Box 641, Golden, Colo. European Railroad color slides and photo prints. Free listing. Antar, Box 34, Lafayette, Ind. Santa Fe timetables, travel folders. Sc stamp for list. Morris Lloyd, 226 Hendricks Blvd., Buffalo 26, N. Y. Midwest Railroader, P. O. Box 2665D, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Currently complete roster GR&I with construction numbers, Pennsy numbers, NYC Compound 2-8-0's, etc., Big 4 2-8-0's to 0-8-0's. You can't go wrong. 6 issues $2.00. Locomotive headlights, bells, marker lamps, caboose lamps, much more, big circular, 25c. John J. Scott, 3716 Rosebrook Court, Concord, Calif. "Rails to the High Country." A large 11 x 14 photo album of Colorado railroads since 1935. Everything shown from the San Luis Valley Southern to the D&SL up to the present day Narrow Gauge and Great Western operations. $4.95 pp. Richard Lind, 871 Crescent Dr., Boulder, Colo. Colorado railroadiana at auction by mail. Send for copy of the list of unusual items. A mail auction that is really an auction. Colorado Railroad Museum, Box 641, Golden, Colo. Steam locomotive photographis; NYC including P&LE, B&A, etc.; Penna; B&O; Wabash; C&O; Erie; PM; NKP; MeC; LV; D&H; N&W; VGN; WM; Clinchfield; ACL; Southern; FEC; MoPac; C&IM; KCS; IC: Soo; C&NW; Milw; Burlington; DM&IR; UP; SF: SP: D&RGW; WP; NP; GN; Canadian lines: Mexican National; RI; DL&W; Cotton Belt; B&M; Shays; logging roads; builders photos; etc. Advise specific wants. Bill Jernstrom, 822 Pelham Dr., Fort Wayne, Ind. Books: "Steam Locomotive Repair Work," construction, repair, dismantling and reassembly of individual parts. Ten new surplus booklets (a $8.00/set. "The Steam Locomotive," various types, construction and operation, I.C.C.. defects, breakdowns, and train rules. Ten new surplus booklets (a $8.00/ Check or M.O. to C. Veit, 3150 S. 22nd St., Milwaukee 15, Wis. set. management Sydney & Louisburg Railway; Cape Breton Highlands National Park; Halifax, N. S.; Annapolis Valley Grand Pre; Peggy's Cove: steamship William Carson: and entire length of narrow-gauge Newfoundland Railway in only narrow-gauge Pullman sleeping cars on North American continent, will be sponsored by Washington Chapter of National Railway Historical Society. All types of Pullman accommodations are available: berths, roomettes, bedrooms, compartments, and drawing rooms. Cost per person ranges from $410 for upper berth to $480 each for two in drawing room Washington, D. C., and return. Rates will also be quoted from New York and Montreal. Price includes all transportation, sleeping accommodations on trains and steamship, all hotels, all sight-seeing trips, but does not include meals. Fifty-dollar deposit will secure reservation. For further information and tickets, write Carrel I. Tod, tour director, c/o World-Wide Travel Service, Mercury Bldg., 20th and K sts. N. W., Washington 6, D. C. August 15-September 3: Canadian-New England tour from San Francisco will be sponsored by Pacific Coast Chapter of Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. Excursion will proceed via California Zephyr to Chicago, then to Washington, D. C., Boston, Edaville Railroad, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy, Quebec, and across Canada via Montreal, Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma Central & Hudson Bay, Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, and back to San Francisco via Seattle and Portland. Special Pullman cars will be used all the way. Further details and reservations are available from Arthur Lloyd, tour director, Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 974 Pleasant Hill Road, Redwood City. Calit. No other like it! One of a kind! "Your Sound of Steam Souvenir" is a must for every railtan. A fine memento от a bygone era when steam still ruled supreme. The sounds of steam locomotives as you heard them working, running, and whistling. Reviewed and recommended by Trains, January 1962 issue. 45 rpm. recording, $1.49 postpaid. 5 Chime Recordings, Box 163, Brookfield, Illinois. etc. Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroadiana in excellent condition Bulls Eyes, Headlights, Marker Lamps, Switch Locks and Keys, Controllers and Air Horns, Reasonable prices limited supply. Write Railway Equipment Leasing and Investment Co., 380 Shenstone Rd., Riverside, Ill., for complete price list. 2-inch scale trains and castings, dollar photos and list. Rabon Railroad, Jenks, Okla. Railroad magazines, 1934 to 1943 inclusive, good condition, only 12 copies and 12 front covers missing. Total copies 108, 50c each plus parcel post. Joe Gardner, 931 No. Main, Wichita 3, Kans. Steam locomotive negatives of many roads for sale. Specify interest. Joe Quinn, Box 1044, Tillson, N. Y. Yampa Valley Mail, Denver to Craig behind diesel, in beautiful color slides; snowy mountains, canyons, gorges, plains and tunnels galore. Ten, $3.00; 20, $5.50; 100, $25.00. No list. Thirty-five Slides, Box 3333, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. Buddy L train, make offer. Rabon Railroad, Jenks, Okla. Quality line steam color duplicates. Wide selection of eastern roads from original collection. First time ever offered for sale. List and Sample 50c. James Pope, 44 Howell Dr., Poland, Ohio. Back issues Trains, Railroad, Railroader, Craftsman, others. Also collections bought. Lists, prices for stamped envelope. Arnold B. Joseph, 2512 Tratman Ave., New York 61, N. Y. New England trunk line negatives. B&M NYNH&H BAR B&A GT CV. Send 25c for list T-7. Railway Negative Exchange, P. O. Box 92, Oakland 4, Calif. The neat way to file slides. Special Gummed Labels mount easily, hold your important information. 500, $2.00. Also 8 mm. "Trolley Cavalcade" highlighting the interurban and streetcar era. 200' B&W, $9.50. Crestline, Box 441-B, White Plains, N. Y. WANTED Builder's Plates. Will buy or trade for Heisler, Climax, Davenport, Grant, Pre-Alco, Shop Plates, many others. Write Alan Miller, 1836 Gardena Ave., Glendale 4, Calif. Lanterns. Switchmen's, kerosene burning, indicate railroad initials, general condition and cash price. G. V. Wilson, 707 Taft Rd., Hinsdale, Ill. Steam prints 5 x 7 or postcard size named passenger trains throughout United States and including "Central" mainline in southern Ontario; also CN in same area and TH&B, CP, D&H in Montreal region. GG1's of Pennsy. Best print offer of "Central" and Pennsy western line trains will receive an original numberplate from a Niagara loco. Will exchange or bus "Central" and Pennsy calendars; also advertising posters, same roads (steam or electric). Want copy of Beebe book, "Trains in Transition." Jack Webb, 5 W. 63rd St., New York 23, N. Y. Rock Island timetables: especially years 1947-1955. Richard Gill, 7252 Constance, Chicago 49, Ill. Pictures of C&NW Alco freight demonstrator 4103 or 4104 "A" units, solid green with yellow strip. L. Keyser, 529 Park Lane, Richardson, Texas. Mobile Fidelity Recordings, 20 dollars each plus frt Urgent for Radio Broadcasting. Good condition es sential. "Great Moments in Steam R.R.," "Memories in Steam." "Steam in Colorado." I. Manfred, 43 Spruson St., Neutral Bay, Sydney N.S.W. Australia Wanted: 35 mm. color slides or photos of Seaboard Air Line's EMD FT units with original paint scheme Tal Orr, Box 66. Dublin, Georgia. Wanted: Following issues of Modern Railroads magazine: January, 1946 and December, 1948. State price and condition. Tal Orr, Box 66, Dublin, Georgia 1 L. NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE 99 PER CENT DIESEL .. READER'S SERVICE We do not stock the following items, but as a reader convenience we can order Railroad Books Steam on "Q". Pictorial 6 yr. review all Burlington steam fan trips $1.00 Abandoned Railroad of Bedford. Sulzer, 36 Miles of Trouble. West River RR. of illus. hist. maps, profiles, etc. Vt., n.g., then std., ppr. bnd $1.00 $2.50 American Railroads, Stover. 130-year Boards $3.00 history of the iron horse. Trains. Henry. $5.00 Electronic Age Edition. 152 pages, 9′′ x 12′′ $4.95 Treasury of Railroad Folklore. 544 pgs. Stories, tales, traditions, songs $5.00 Victory Rode the Rails. 419 pgs., 6" x 9", railroads in Civil War $4.50 1,100 rys. $20.00 Argentine Central. Illus. 80 p. hist. 3' $2.50 $1.50 $3.50 Articulated Locos of the WP. Develop- Bonanza Railroads, Kneiss. Stories 6 rrs. 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Monaural $4.95; Stereo $5.95 Rio Grande to Silverton. Pass. and freight (Cumbres turn). Mono $4.95, Ster $5.95 Rods, Wheels and Whistles. PRR, K-4, CNJ, N&W, steam & diesel $4.95 $4.50 Portfolio of American Locos 1870-1880. Staufer. Ink wash drawings 34" x 14". $3.00 Recordings 76 pgs., 76 pgs., 80 pgs., 135 photos, 25 dwgs. old prints. $3.00 Books Related to RRS Men, Cities & Transportation (2 volumes) Mixed Train Dally, 4th edition. 370 pgs.. Mr. Pullman's Elegant Palace Car, Beebe $17.50 $3.75 Policy Formation In Railroad Finance. $4.50 $5.00 Railroad Passenger Car. Mencken. 578 pgs. 121 Comstock Mining and Miners. Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee (10′′). Foreign RR Magazines Diesel Railway Traction. Monthly trade -$4.50 Sounds of Steam Railroading. 9 N&W $4.50 Westside Lumber Company (10"). Railroad Movies (U.S. and Possessions only) 215 ft., 8 mm. $12.25 --$5.25 350 ft., 8 mm. $12.25 Famous Trains of Western RR's. (18971903) Limiteds. 150 ft., 8 mm. $6.25 Georgetown Loop (1903). Ride the famous Colo. n.g. scenic. 110 ft., 8 mm. $5.25 IC Steam Scrapbook. 200' 8 mm. $7.25 Melodrama Rides the Rails. 200 ft. 8 mm. $6.25 On the Delaware & Hudson. 4-6-6-4's, 4-8-4's & 4-6-2's, 150 ft., 8 mm. $5.25 300 ft., sound, 16 mm. $18.25 On the East Broad Top. 3' Pa. narrow gauge 1952-54. 150 ft. 8 mm.._$5.25 300 ft., sound, 16 mm. $18.25 On the Norfolk & Western. All steam in Virginia mtns. 150 ft., 8 mm. $5.25 300 ft., sound, 16 mm. $18.25 On the Pennsylvania. Variety at Horeshoe Curve. 150 ft., 8 mm. $5.25 300 ft. sound, 16 mm. $18.25 Railroading in the East (1897-1906). 12 early trains, 200 ft., 8 mm. $7.25 Steam Trains Out of Dearborn. 175 ft., 8 mm. $6.25 Ten-Wheeler to Duplex. 300 ft., 8 mm. $12.25 Trolley Cavalcade. City & interurban action. 8mm, 200', b&w $9.50, color $19.50 Readers' Service Dept. 2388A, Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1027 N. 7th St., Milwaukee 3, Wis. 14,161-ft. Mt. Shasta "rides" alongside S.P.'s Shasta Daylight during afternoon. Coffee Shop and Dome Lounge Car are inside attractions. Sample the fun and scenery on S.P. Expand a little! Combine your trip to the Fair "Space Needle" at Seattle Fair has revolving restaurant on top. Ride the Shasta Daylight between San Francisco and Portland... the Coast Daylight (S.F.- Los Angeles) other fine S. P. streamliners. S. P.'s overnight Cascade (S.F.-Portland) has through Pullmans to Seattle. Choose Pullman or Chair Car. Inexpensive meals. Money-saving Children's Fares. Start making plans now to include an S.P. ride in your World's Fair itinerary. Southern Pacific FINE STREAMLINERS EAST-WEST AND ON THE COAST A SCRAPBOOK OF CATALOG OF THE THE UNIVERSIT APR 23 196 TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY OF BALDWIN/A 25TH EXTRA-FARE, DIESEL- DIESEL POWER, TO THE GP30/ TO THE MOST RAINS' first all-diesel issue FAMOUS FACE IN NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD ON "THE CRESCENT" Luxurious Streamliner between NEW YORK and NEW ORLEANS via Washington, Atlanta, Montgomery No weather worries... no highway headaches... not even the ring of a phone to jangle your nerves! That's the way to travel in blissful, worry-free comfort, while Southern's streamliner "THE CRESCENT" speeds you to your destination. This fine train offers accommodations for every travel need: Bedrooms en suite, Bedrooms, Roomettes, Drawing Rooms and a Master Room with radio and shower. Excellent dining and lounge facilities. Also reclining-seat coaches between Washington-Charlotte and AtlantaNew Orleans. HOSPITALITY HOUR! Passengers aboard "THE CRESCENT," northbound, are cordially invited to the Hospitality Hour in the Dining Car every day from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Complimentary orange juice or coffee will be served. |