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Inside the Winter 2004 issue of Classic Trains
A highlight of the articles found in the Winter 2004 issue on newsstands November 2, plus additional online only content.




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Great Photographers: Richard Steinheimer
In a special edition of our Great Photographers series, we look at the brilliant giant of Western railroad photography, whose work has cast a long, influential shadow. A new book from W.W. Norton celebrates his genius. [Read more at the W.W. Norton Web site]

School of Steam
A diesel man with a passion for steam got a real education on the Buffalo Creek & Gauley

Old Sparky
Too small to merit a real train, a tiny Ontario town provided its own unique conveyance on a Canadian National branch line

One Day at . . . Kankakee, Illinois
A 1954 morning with Illinois Central 4-8-2’s, doubleheaded New York Central 4-6-4’s, and a passenger GP7

Photo Section
This one will really turn your head: Steam, diesel, electric, and ferryboats, New Haven to Rio Grande—all in color

Making Time with the Midlander
An Erie Railroad fireman’s tale of a fast run across Ohio on a big Pacific in 1942

Meeting M-190 Face-to-Face, at Last
A 1963 stop at Clovis, N.Mex., to see Santa Fe’s biggest doodlebug yielded a Chief bonus

Bird’s-Eye View: Three Key Louisville & Nashville Places
Aerial photos of the Old Reliable’s Louisville headquarters and main shop, plus Corbin yard [Also read, Louisville & Nashville: Still reliable after all these years in our Recollections section.]

How to Handle a Caboose—or Not
Rough-and-tumble railroading on the Grand Trunk Western in 1969

Shooting Eagles
Far from the main line, Arkansas photographers sought to document every one of Missouri Pacific’s fancy-fronted passenger diesels

Fallen Flags Remembered
Central Vermont

Car Stop
Washington’s Silver Sightseer PCC

A Classic Year
1936: Streamliners on the Fast Track

Bumping Post
Fort Street Union Depot, Detroit

And more!


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