Author: MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS
Title: Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, June 1957 - Steam in History in Maine and Russia
Description: Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 64 pages. Features: Katy - Cause & Effect; "I'm Getting a Ticket"; "I'm a Railroad Fan - Alfred Edward Perlman - detailed article with photos"; Steam in Indian Summer - paying final respects to the beetle-browed power of Grand Trunk behind a snorting bone-shaker of a geared 0-2-2-0; Would You Believe it? - Synchromesh 0-12-2; Railroading As They See it - a peak at the world's most unknown railroading in Russia and China - article with many photos, including an INCREDIBLE black and white centerfold of a Chinese train surrounded by crowds; ; Nomad of the Nineties - Sam Vauclain, grand old man of steam and his compound Baldwins - includes amazing photos of twenty, (yes 20!) new Forney 0-4-4s in a column; This Device Spots Broken Wheel Flanges; All About Signals - 1 - John S. Armstrong explains in easy steps the progress from crude but effective manual-block safety to the speed insured by 1957's complexity of wires, relays, motors and lights - superb article with many helpful diagrams; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, June 1957 - Steam in History in Maine and Russia Katy - Cause & Effect; "I'm Getting a Ticket"; "I'm a Railroad Fan - Alfred Edward Perlman - detailed article with photos"; Steam in Indian Summer - paying final respec. Good .

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