RAILROAD MAGAZINE,2/46:HORSE-CAR DAYS;ROGERS LOCO.WORKS;BELL DINKIES;TRUE TALES!

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Your bid is for the February 1946 issue of RAILROAD MAGAZINE, which is Volume 39, Number 3, published monthly by Popular Publications of 2256 Grove Street in Chicago, with all business contact being made at 205 East 42nd Street in New York City. This digest-sized issue measures 16.6 by 23.3 cm and contains 148 pages with Henry B. Comstock as Editor, and Freeman H. Hubbard as Research Editor. The cover painting by Frederick Blakeslee is titled: Starrucca Viaduct (New York & Erie, 1853), but spelled Starucca in the magazine. THUNDER IN THE CAJON is a Short Haul that is a 2 page photo spread by Herb Sullivan depicting UP psgr doubleheaded. HORSE CAR DAYS by Freeman Hubbard is subtitled: For Nearly a Century, Street Railways of North America Used Dobbin as Motive power. This is an aspect of railroading all too frequently neglected. Freeman makes up for that somewhat with this 36 page definitive work that includes 21 drawings and 17 photographs. Please tell me if there are any hayburner rail operations anywhere today in North America. Would make a unique museum experience. BLUE CHIP RUN is Fiction by William J. Parry, a CNR runner, over 10 pages. Light of the Lantern begins with 5 pages by G. W. O'Connor on BELL ENGINES. Harvey W. Bell was manager of the Stanley Steamer Automobile Agency in Yonkers, New York, in 1908 and thot he could build a better construction locomotive. And he did, in his garage. And many followed. Here's the story of the Bell dinkies, complete with 7 drawings. Information Booth follows on 5 pages. TRUE TALES OF THE RAILS begins with TIME FREIGHTS by Frank W. Powers as he tells of running out of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, on the Canadian National in March 1922 and how 5 continuous days in the cab made the title of this article meaningless, or very meaningful depending upon your interpretation. Great railroad reading here on 5 pages. THE COMPLIMENT by James T. Hoell tells of working as a kid op for the Q, that is the Burlington Route, CB&Q, at Crawford, Nebraska, in 1902 and how a conductor's compliment was something never to be forgotten. A photo of the author, and a fine drawing, are including in the 5 page work. ROAD FOREMAN by "Milepost" McGuire tells of his Pop's life on the Southern Kansas Division of the Santa Fe as a King Snipe for most of his 54 year career. Stories like this is why I claim RAILROAD MAGAZINE is the finest source of railroad history. This one is spread over 5 pages. The Locomotive of the Month is the VIRGINIAN FREIGHT MOTOR: Weight, Engine: 10,000,000 pounds; Tractive Effort, Maximum: 260,000 pounds, Continuous 102,000. Oh, my aching drawbars and cracked knuckles! ON THE SPOT fills 17 pages with trivia, news, commentary and great photos. ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS is a 3 page staff photo story on this famous Paterson, New Jersey, company. Then the Nut-splitter tells you about building an 00 Gage Rogers Standard over 4 pages in the model railroading section. THE GREAT STARUCCA VIADUCT is a staff Short Haul on 2 pages with a full page photo and a fine drawing. BROKEN COUPLERS by the master of rail fiction, E.S. Dellinger, is spread over 14 illustrated pages. ALL-ELECTRIC STREET CAR by John A. Miller is found in Electric Lines and features the improved PCC on 3 pages. Carbarn Comment follows. RAILROAD MAGAZINE Index for 1945 occupies 15 pages. Railroad Camera Club and Model Trading Post finish the editorial content. A fine LIONEL ad is on the inside rear cover. And much more too numerous to list. This magazine is in excellent, museum-quality condition as these old pulps go.
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