Here is the 59 year-old July and August 1959 issues of Trains Magazine where the feature articles are all about the history of Los Angeles railroads. The BIG two-part, two-issue articles are entitled "DIESELS WHERE THE DODGERS WENT" and "OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO THE CITY OF ANGELS". Los Angeles was the largest city west of Chicago and was an intermediate station for the Southern Pacific; end of track for the Santa Fe and Union Pacific and home town of the largest ex-interurban in the United States (Pacific Electric). TONS of rare history and photos are here--Harbor Belt Line Railroad, 8th Street Yard, Taylor Yard, Dayton Avenue Tower, the Expediter, East Yard shops, Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT), Mission Tower, SP's San Joaquin Division, Pier 7, steam, diesel and MUCH MORE! Other key articles are: 1. "UP TO LONDON AT 96 1/2 MILES PER HOUR"--British Railways steam trains, 2. "D-DAY ON THE BIGBEE LINE"--Meridian & Bigbee Railroad which ran between Meridan, Mississippi and Myrtlewood, Alabama, 3. "HOW TO RUN AN INTERURBAN EXCURSION WITHOUT JUICE"--Illini Railroad Club trip, 4. "THE STRANGE CASE OF THE CELEBRATION TRAIN THAT GOT OUT OF GEAR"--Mt Washington Cog Railway, 5. "TERMINAL..."--Terminal Station in Atlanta, GA, plus much more! ON THE FRONT COVERS: 1. Jul '59--British Railways Castle-Class 4-6-0, 2. Aug '59--SP's Coast Daylight en route over the Santa Susana Mountains to Los Angeles in 1959. HARD TO FIND!
Magazines are the July and August 1959 issues of Trains Magazines in VERY GOOD CONDITION.
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