Relive the steam era with thrilling tales and dramatic images from the world of great locomotives! Steam’s Lost Empire III will bring you 50 years of Trains’ best writing including 9 feature articles and more than 100 historic photos. Check out firsthand accounts of working on steam locomotives, studies of significant locomotive classes by authorities in the field, historic and dramatic photos, and more compelling stories!
Paradise lost — and found
Classic Trains presents CS13 Steam’s Lost Empire III
East Broad Top IN 1941 • PENNSYLVANIA’S LAST NARROW GAUGE LINE IS INNOVATIVE, RESOURCEFUL, AND PROSPEROUS
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
BIG THE ENGINES • AMERICAN STEAM-LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN REACHED ITS PEAK IN 1937, ARGUES THIS CRITIC. BIGGEST WAS NOT ALWAYS BEST, HE SAYS, NOR DID DESIGN ALWAYS MATCH APPLICATION
Steam report card
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
RIGHT-HAND MAN in the cab • THREE TRIPS ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEMONSTRATE HOW THE ENGINEER IS THE KEY MAN OF ANY TRAIN CREW
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
West Trenton: New Jersey HOT SPOT • OVERSHADOWED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA’S ELECTRIFIED CORRIDOR A FEW MILES TO THE SOUTH, THE READING’S NEW YORK MAIN LINE BUSTLED WITH STEAM-POWERED VARIETY
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
A paean to the Pacific • THE 4-6-2 WAS THE RIGHT ENGINE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
Four notable Pacifics
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
FOUR FOR Eastbound • A FIREMAN ON A PRR LOCAL FREIGHT HAS HIS HANDS FULL WITH A CREW OF “MORAL UNDERACHIEVERS”
Uncle Sam’s LOCOMOTIVES • THE LEGACY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND ITS STANDARDIZED MOTIVE POWER DESIGNS
USRA standard locomotives • 12 designs, 8 wheel arrangements
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
DECAPODS AND red clay • RUSSIANS AND SPORT MODELS DREW THE FAITHFUL TO GEORGIA SHORT LINE GAINESVILLE MIDLAND
Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS
AN EX-FLYBOY GOES RAILROADING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
