FOURTH QUARTER 2026: On a beautiful January 1973 day, westbound GP9s 3613 and 3461 lead a string of covered hoppers along the southern coast of Monterey Bay (photo by Gale E. Treiber). You will also find in this issue vintage Southern Pacific local freights and the “Del Monte” passenger train in the early 1970s, a spotlight on Phosphate operations and vintage rail action in the Sunshine State, and Mike Bednar’s latest installment of life on the railroad, “We’re Living Here in Allentown.” All this and more in the Fourth Quarter issue of Trains and Railroads of the Past!
Short Lines of Oregon and Washington
Brothers Jeremy and Jonathan Plant explore Northwest short lines in the 1970s and ’80s, many dependent on forestry.
Toto Travels Northeast
Join Midwest native Carl Graves on four (brief) 1970s trips to the Northeast and railroad territory new to him.
A General Electric (GE) Sampler
Mike Bednar takes us along for testing and using General Electric diesel locomotives on the Anthracite Roads.
Conrail’s 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago, six bankrupt Northeastern railroads were combined into one single system that would become Conrail.
Explore the world of White River Productions
