Issue #92
January/February/March 2012

Street Running
Winter on the Rio Grande
Railroaders at Work
Dave Augsburger



FEATURES

  • Cover Story -
  • Street Running


From mainline freights rumbling through Jack London Square to a beer run on Schuyler Street in Utica, New York, and everything in between, we've got lots of street running, including classic action on the Monon and current, yet obscure, activity on the NS in Warsaw, Indiana.


  • Rio Grande in the Snow


Former D&RGW employee Gary Rich gives you an insider's view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western operations between Denver and Bond, Colorado, including photos and text describing their snow removal activity.


  • Railroaders at Work


Warren Caileff offers a number of excellent black & white photographs of railroaders doing their job in Louisiana taken mostly during the 1970's.


  • Mike Bednar's Friend Dave Augsburger


Mike Bednar writes about one of the master photographers in the northeast -- his friend, Dave Augsburger. Although Dave is locally best known for his classic Lehigh Valley, L&NE and D&H material, he has also extensively travelled around the country and some of his outstanding work is presented here..




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The ScanMan

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Sign Language -- Interesting signage found along the right of way.

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