By: | Thomas C. Ayers |
Dates: | 11/14/1956 - 11/14/1956 |
Album Info: | Here are the front cover as well as selected photos and tables from a reprint of the November 1956 issue of "Modern Railroads" magazine. No authors are specified for any of the articles in this 80-page publication.
"Pennsylvania [Railroad] operates 400 through freight trains ~ its fast 'Arranged Service' trains ~ every day. Some of them run for a thousand miles without breakup. // It also runs some 625 scheduled local freight trains each day. // Another 1000 freight trains are operated on a tonnage basis ~ mainly to carry coal and ore. // Pennsy also schedules about 800 passenger trains daily." (Page 14) |