TRAINS MAGAZINE,5/45:CANTON,SD;BIRMINGHAM,AL;BALDWIN COUNTERBALANCING;NYC 4-8-4!

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Your bid is for the May 1945 issue of TRAINS magazine, which is Volume 5, Number 7. This digest-sized issue measures 17.2 by 25.9 cm and contains 40 pages with A.C. Kalmbach listed after CONTENT and Linn H. Westcott after PRESENTATION. The cover features the Chicago, South Shore &South Bend. Who would have thought then that it would be the only interurban survivor? On the editor's page, Pennsylvania Orders 50 T-l's. Who would have thot then that none would survive? Or, that 70 years later, some folks are serious about building No.51. Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific spent million to equip the Sunshine Special services. CITY OF THE IRON HORSE by Stuart Covington and Joseph P. Sadler features Birmingham, Alabama, on 8 pages with a full-page map included. There are 6 photos in this definitive piece on a fine city all too often ignored in railway circles. A DAY AT CANTON, S.D. is a photo story by Henry J. McCord over 8 pages with 17 photos, including the centerfold. A most exciting place. Wished I'd been there then. COUNTERBALANCING CONNECTING RODS is not referring to your family motor car. Three photos on 2 pages shows how Baldwin did it right the first time. THE COMMISSION SAYS YES by William Forsythe refers to the ICC authorization of new railroad construction. Learn why the franchise is what makes today's railroads priceless (despite Wall Street valuations). This feature covers 8 pages of just text in a definitive approach to a complex subject. And still relevant as the biggest hurdle to building or buying a railroad is getting government approval, not financing as you would first think. TO BURBANK TOWER is a single page on this Southern Pacific installation, complete with photo and line routing. I shall bid on the 2nd trick! NEW YORK CENTRAL'S 4-8-4 is the locomotive of the month. Many agree that this was the world's best steam locomotive. Here's the specs. Correspondence and Running Extra finish this issue. Full-page ads this month by AAR, M&St.L, UP, SP and GN. This magazine is in excellent, museum-quality condition.
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