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Vol. 1, No. 1 |
Spring 84 |
Dubious distinction, Various Loco
photos, Timetable 3rd District. Montpelier - Detroit Photos: FM TM #551
& 550, John C. Gault Wabash car ferry, 2-8-0 #2321, E8 #1004 &
1011, 0-6-0 #565, 0-8-0 #1535, Switcher #123, PA-1 #1050 & 1053, 2-6-2
#2021, Moberly shop crew in WWI on #2010, Moberly Diesel Shop & GP9
#489, Model of 2-8-2, NJI&I Box 3409, 2-6-0 #573 |
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Vol. 1, No. 2 |
Fall 84 |
Caboose Issue; dwgs: Wabash cabooses
#2770 - 2848, Ann Arbor cabooses #2831 - 2846; Photos: Wabash cabooses
- #2619, 02208, 02209, 02208 end view, 02213, 02230, 02300, 2042, 2075,
2319, 2520, 2536, 2542, 2604, 2619, 2640, 2650, 2667 2711, 2716, 2737,
2778, 2801, 2841 |
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Vol. 1, No. 3/4 |
Winter 84 |
Depot Issue; dwgs: Std. concrete
station, Std. signs: #1 Station sign for Bldg. & #2 Station sign for
Post, Plan dwg #1665 - Station Sign; Photos: Wabash Depots - Monticello
IL, Manhattan IL, Moravia IA, Wakarusa IN, Pattonsburg MO, Effingham IL,
Antwerp OH, Martinsburg MO, Cerro Gordo IL, Belleville MI, Hallsville MO,
Essex IL, Alexander IL, Dawson IL, Mount Sterling IL, Monticello IL (3),
Griggsville IL, Buffalo IL, Maryville MO, Barry IL, Blanchard IA, Elmo
MO, Silver City IA, Malverne IA, Sturgeon MO, Stonington IL, Morrisonville
IL, Carrollton MO, Mount Olive IL, McDowell IL with old steam passenger
train |
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Vol. 2, No. 1 |
Summer 85 |
Greenville 60' Boxcars; dwgs:
60' Box cars 50100 - 50199; Photos: Wabash '60' Box 50000, 50076, 50076
end, 50076 end, 50051 |
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Vol. 2, No. 2 |
Fall 85 |
Wabash Auto Cars and Roster; dwgs:
Wabash 40' Automobile car; Photos: Wabash Box cars 45326, 17021, 48499;
NJI&I Box cars - 2086, 78070; Wabash Box cars 46017, 49128, 17047;
Wabash MOWs 4121, 4090; Wabash Stock car 16422 |
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Vol. 2, No. 3a |
Spring 87 |
Wabash FM Trainmasters; dwgs:
L-1089-6 FM Trainmaster 550 - 554A; Photos: TM - 552, 550 (TM Demo #1),
552 with F7A, 556 (553A), 592 (552), 594 & 595 |
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Vol. 2, No. 3b |
Summer 87 |
Wabash 0-6-0's, Early dieselization
research; dwgs: Class B7 0-6-0 #525 - 546 not inclusive, Class B7 0-6-0
#555 & 557; Photos: 0-6-0 #555, 564, 541, 548, 548, 556, 545, 560,
539, 545; Staley 0-6-0 #6 (ex-Wabash 532) |
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Vol. 2, No. 4 |
Fall 87 |
Wabash Piggy Back Trailers &
Roster, TOFC Roster, Wabash primary Piggyback connections list, Wabash
cabooses for sale, Monticello IL Depot moved; Dwg: Landers, IL TOFC Yard
Photos: Wabash Switcher #367 with Piggyback Train, GP 540 & 541 with
Piggyback Train, Wabash Trailer (2), Landers circus ramps with 75' Flats,
TOFC Flat car end view, Wabash Flat Bed trailer, 75' TOFC with 2 32' trailers,
open top trailer |
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Vol. 3, No. 1/2 |
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Keokuk Branch, Timetable 11th
Dist. Bluffs - Keokuk and 1914-15 shippers guide; dwgs: Track plan of Bluffs
Engine Facility; Photos: Roundhouse with #587, 576, 569; Mixed train Bluffs
roundhouse, etc., Bluffs train wreck of Coal Chute, Meredosia Depot, 2-6-0
#596, 569, 571, 573, 573, 576; Depots at Chatton, Denver, Camp Point, Hersman,
Golden, Carthage & Versailles IL; 2-6-0 #573, 587, 576, 576, Meredosia
bridge over IL River with train. |
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Vol. 3, No. 3 |
Winter 89 |
Ferguson commuter trains, Timetables
1880 & 3 undated; dwgs: map Normandy - Ferguson MO, Wabash 1904 World's
Fair Terminal Station, Class D30 4-4-0 77" drivers, Class D22 4-4-0 63"
drivers, Class D22 4-4-0 69" drivers, Class D26 4-4-0 69" drivers, Class
D27 4-4-0 69" drivers; Photos: Wabash Pass Train on Steel Bridge, Ferguson
Depot with 4-4-0 #282, 4-4-0 #273 |
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Vol. 3, No. 4 |
Spring 90 |
More on Wabash piggyback Operations,
WRHS 1990 Annual Meeting, Wabash RR preservation - Topeka IN Depot, more
on Wabash Keokuk branchline, Clayton, IL depot; photos: PA #806, PB, &
2 F units heading a Wabash piggyback freight, Topeka IN depot with NW Geep
#730, Clayton, IL depot, Wabash piggyback trailer #4009, yard tractor and
Wabash TOFC trailer WABZ 252008, Landers, IL piggyback office and yard
with TOFC Trailer Wabash 207, TOFC Wabash 4028 with Wabash crane, early
Wabash TOFC rigging, TOFC flatbed trailer, Wabash 500 front & rear
view, Clayton, IL depot circa 1900 & 1908 & 1900, Clayton IL Roundhouse
with Wabash steam locos 173 & 171, aerial view circa 1956 of Wabash
tracks at McDonnell Douglas plant. |
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No. 17 |
Summer 90 |
Hide and Tallow Reflections by
R L Warren, Ferguson in the 1940's by Wm. Warren, WRHS Annual Meeting,
The Basement Wabash model news; Photos: '2-8-2 #2402 with freight &
Wabash stock car # 19147, model Caboose #2704, 2-8-2 #2402, F units #1148A
& B, Wabash passenger train with diesels, Wabash Steam loco at Ferguson,
K-3b #2278, K-2 #2200, K-2 2-8-2 #2202, Ferguson 1940, 2-8-2 #2437 (2)
& #2450, 4-6-4 #70?, E unit #1000, 4-6-2 #675, 4-6-4 #704, Katy F units
at Ferguson, E unit with passenger train 1949, 4-6-4 #70?, 2-8-2 #2450
(3), 2-8-2 #2216 & 4-6-4 #70?; Timetables: St. Louis, KC, Denver &
Pacific Coast 1/25/1945, St. Louis, KC, Denver, LA, SFC, Portland &
Seattle, Moberly to Ferguson - 14th Dist. 9/3/1947, St. Louis to Ferguson
& Ferguson to Luther - 14th Dist. 9/3/1947. |
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No. 18 |
Fall 90 |
Double issue: The Big Mikes K-4
Class 2-8-2 by Chet French, Running Extra: WRHS Annual Meeting at Monticello
IL, about this issue, The Basement Wabash; K-4 Class 2-8-2 mileage info
& disposition table; dwgs: Class K-4 2-8-2; Photos: 2-8-2 #2734 with
circus train, Close up K-4b, Following 2-8-2's #2700 (2), #'s 2703, 2704,
2705 (2), 2710, 2712, 2713 (4), 2716 (2), 2718 (2), 2719 (2), 2722, 2725
(2), 2729 (2), 2731 (2), 2732, 2734, 2735 (2), 2738, 2739, 2742 (2), 2729
Tender rear view, 2601, 2259, J-2 #696 & #2738 Dbl Header, Mo Pac 2-8-2
#1438 & #1496 |
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No. 19 |
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Taylorville and Tilton; The Basement
Wabash; Photos: Clarksdale depot, Tilton depot, #2438 steam and #80048
box car in Indiana, Tilton yard, Taylorville depot; Wabash RR bridge after
near wash-out near Taylorville, IL, Bluebird SW of Taylorville,
IL at Sangamon River bridge; Maps: Tilton yard |
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No. 20 |
Winter 91 |
Streator Branch; The Basement
Wabash; dwgs: GP-7 EMD class D-15, class F7, class K1, class I2; Photos:
#2459 near Streator, IL; I-2 2-8-0, F-7 class mogul; Strawn, IL, depot;
Forrest, IL, depot; McDowell, IL, depot; Pontiac, IL, depot; Rowe, IL,
depot; Cornell, IL, depot; Sante Fe tower at Wabash crossing, Streator,
IL; Sante Fe tower Irwin, IL; various ten-wheelers at Streator, IL; Streator
Depot; mogul #859 at Forrest, IL; slide door caboose #2227 at Forrest,
IL; Maps: Streator Branch track charts |
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No. 21 |
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Wabash caboose restoration (#2847).
The Basement Wabash. Overland Models: Cabooses; photos: restoration of
Wabash caboose #2847 |
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No. 22 |
Summer 92 |
The Basement Wabash; Wabash E-7s
and E-8s; roundhouse foreman's view of Wabash E Units; dwgs: E-unit paint
scheme, EMD class D-20, EA-7 D-40, EA-7 D-20, E8-A D-22; photos: first
Wabash passenger diesel on City of Kansas City, unit #1000, 3 E7s
(ABA) w/ Union Pacific B unit, Atlantic 602, J-1 #672, J-2 #699, Mike 4-6-4
#700, E8 #1009, E7 #1002, #703, Bluebird w/E7 #1002, E7 #1002 &
#1001, PA-1 #1020A in Decatur, IL, E8 #1003, #1006, E7 #1007, E8 #1000,
#1008, #1004 derailment, E8s #1003 & #1013 At Vandeventer, E8s #1010,
#1004, #1011, #1012, #1014, #1015, E7 #1017, ex-Wabash #1008 & #1015
(N&W #3808 & #3815), #1002 & #1002A, E7 #1016 at Kansas City;
tables: passenger diesels placed in service, table of Wabash engine classes/
types |
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No. 23 |
Summer 93 |
Wabash Interlocking Towers; Wabash
Railroad telegraph call letters, OJ Tower, MI; Winston Tower, IL; crash
at Winston Tower; Wabash-GMO crossing in Jacksonville, IL; DeCamp Tower;
Milan Tower, MI; Page Ave. Tower, MO; Mansfield, IL; Lotus, IL, ILES Tower,
Springfield, IL; Mercer Tower, Decatur, IL; Santa Fe Tower, Streator, IL;
Lodge, IL; Gibson City, IL; Romulus, MI; Le Claire Tower, Edwardsville,
IL; Cecil, OH; Manhattan, IL; Block 222, North Kansas City, KS; Drwgs:
tower at Milan, MI; semaphore blades and signals; Reprint of Wabash crossings
and junctions for Decatur and Moberly Divisions |
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No. 23 |
Winter 93 |
Coal on the Wabash, scatter tags.
Wabash coal cars; dwgs: 36000, 37000, 39000 series cars; charts: Illinois
coal tonnage, Wabash coal tonnage, Wabash on-line coal mines; dwgs: coal
cars #35000 - #35999, #37000 - #37799, #36800 - #36824, #39000 - #39399;
maps: track maps of coal facilities; photos: old coal shaft, Taylorville,
IL; Taylor English Coal Co. Mine; Mark Twain coal loading facility; mine
shafts at Martinsburg, MO; Pershing Mine 1950-track and tipple, truck;
Taylorville, IL mine area; Panther Creek Mine #3, Springfield, IL; stock
certificate; various coal company logos; coaling at Peru, IN; Wabash coal
cars #30001, #31000, #35037, #35599, #74050, #34313, #39187, #30974, #39152,
#37153, #37093, #37584, #36006, #38150; Anderson Grain hoppers; #700 working
coal at Taylorville, IL |
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No. 24 |
1994 |
Wabash Cabooses: #2042, #2109,
#2229, #2319, #2528, #2100, #2543, #2619, #2649, #2608 (NW 562608), #2667,
#2700, NW #562700, #2711, #2717, #2753, #2723, #2722, #2722 (NW 562722),
#2799, #2805, #2857, #2822, #2827, #2823, #2808, #2832, #2778; Drawing
2770-2849 series, paint scheme table, graphic of Wabash caboose types,
table of caboose data |
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No. 25 |
1994 |
Wabash Transfer Cabooses; #02216,
#80048, #02236, #02490, #02208, #02209, #02202, #02205, #02300, #02230,
#02551, #2601, #2602, #2743, #2825, #2806, #2774 |
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No. 26/27 |
1995 |
Bluebird Issue; history,
route, consist, diagrams and pictures of the streamlined Bluebird passenger
train |
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No. 28/29 |
1995 |
Once Along the Wabash: John Barriger
photographs (from Joe Collias) from Detroit to Decatur to Brunswick |
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No. 30 |
Winter 1996 |
American Refrigerator Transit
Issue; data files 1 & 2 |
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No. 31 |
Spring 1996 |
GP35 Issue; data files 3 &
4 |
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No. 32 |
Fall 1996 |
Head-end Passenger cars; data
file 5 |
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No. 33 |
Winter 1997 |
One Day at Hamilton, IL (incident
with Wabash 573 on 6/7/52); Tilton, IL photos; Wabash people |
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No. 34 |
Spring 1997 |
Tribute to George Drake, Jr.;
misc. letters; photos: Milan crossing, tower, station (1980), #688 J-2
at Decatur, #1000 E8A at Decatur, #2902 O-1 at Decatur, #145 53’ 6" flat
car with #73 32’ flatbed trailer on board; lithograph reprints from 1885
Wabash calendars; Wabash advertisement from 1903 |
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No. 35 |
Summer 1997 |
Painting issue; Lettering for
bridge signs; Painting Wabash models; More than just diesels; Wabash standard
window flag; Wabash Railroad Paint Folio; data files 6 & 7 |
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No. 36 |
Winter 1998 |
10th District Helpers;
Tonnage rating Chart; photos: Baylis, Valley City, #2459 K-1 2-8-2, #2711
K-4b 2-8-2, #2420 K-1 2-8-2, #2702 K-4b 2-8-2, #2708 K-4b 2-8-2 |
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No. 37/38 |
Spring / Summer 1998 |
Features the City of Kansas City passenger
train. The history, the route, the consist, and lots of pictures. |
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No. 39/40 |
Winter / Spring 1999 |
Columbia Branch issue. Origin of the branch, the
facilities, the shippers, the equipment, the operations, Columbia Station. Lots of photos,
which include of Bridge #671, Hallsville, Columbia and Hallsville stations, yards,
equipment. Sanborn Fire map reprints of Columbia and Hallsville. |
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No. 41 |
Summer 1999 |
St. Charles bridge issue. Features both bridges
and their development and construction. Photos of the first bridge and some of the
Pitcairn Bridge. |
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No. 42 |
Winter 2000 |
Precast Concrete Stations issue. Issue describes
how the stations were built, where they were built. Includes photos and diagrams; How to
model these pre-cast concrete stations. |
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No. 43/44 |
Spring / Summer 2000 |
The Wabash in Canada - The Buffalo
Division.
Overview, timetable, Chatham Subdivision, Cayuga subdivision, maps and equipment photos. |
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No. 45 |
Winter 2001 |
TOFC facilities. Maps of the 21 major ramps.
Photos of flatbed trailer #59, 40' reefer vans #1004 and #1010. |
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No. 46/47 |
Spring / Summer 2001 |
The Wabash in Chicago. Examines the facilities of the Wabash RR
in the greater Chicago area. Explores how the Wabash reached Chicago from central Illinois and from Indiana,
the history of Landers Yard along with the details on how the yard was modernized to meet the Wabash’s
needs for the 60’s, and Wabash’s 47th St. freight transfer facilities built in the later 1950’s. Also
memories of train watching near Landers Yard in the mid-60’s. Photos include Landers Yard facilities and 47th
St. facilities. Maps of Landers Yard and 47th St. |
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No. 48/49 |
Winter / Spring 2002 |
The Wabash in Canada - Parts 2 & 3. A continuation of Part 1 of Wes Dengate's
story of the Wabash's Canadian operations. Part 2 explores the relationship of the Wabash RR and the Grand Trunk &
Canadian National RRs. Part 3 takes a look at the motive power and operations on the Buffalo Division in the 1940s.
The issue also includes a tribute to George C. Drake. Includes corrections to The Wabash in Canada - Part 1 issue.
Photos include Wabash F7s and SW1 #103at Windsor, snow plow #3700, Mikado #2271 at St. Thomas, the St. Thomas terminal
facilities, coaling facility at Aylmer,K-3 #2269 at Cayuga, K-1 #2458 at Windsor, combine #02551, F-7 #1870 at St.
Thomas, J-2 #1676 and G-1 #2022 at Simcoe, K-3 #2268 at Niagara Falls, K-3 #2270 at St. Thomas and Wabash switcher #51. Features
Chatham, Cayuga and Welland timetables and tonnage ratings. |
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No. 50 |
Summer 2002 |
Interior Restoration of Wabash Caboose
#2847. The main
article takes you through the investigation and discovery process used by Vance Lischer as he carried
out the interior restoration of his Wabash Railroad caboose #2847. Also in this issue is a short essay by James Holzmeier on
Wabash Mogul #573 which is still in storage at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO. |
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No. 51 |
Winter 2003 |
Wabash Memories. Four anecdotal stories by three individuals
who experience the Wabash RR firsthand. The first article shares Neal Fink's experiences as a young
man in the St. Louis area. The second and third articles document the NJII&I fan
trip of 1949 and then his experiences riding mixed train #52 in 1936. The fourth article is by Bob Vrooman who talks
about a special meet near St. Thomas, Canada and Buffalo, NY. Photos include P-1 #703, Mikado #2417,
B-7 0-6-0 #531, and photos from a NJII&I excursion in 1949.
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No. 52/53 |
Spring / Summer 2003 |
40th Anniversary of the End of Wabash
Operations. This Banner issue commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the leasing of the Wabash Railroad Company by the
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company on October 16, 1964. A ten section double issue to close out the 2003 publication year.
The first article was taken from the 1973 issue of Norfolk & Western magazine and relates the story of the Wabash Railroad
from its roots with the Northern Cross Railroad in Illinois in 1838 to the 2428-mile system it was in 1964. The next article
explains the circumstances that led up to the October 1964 leasing of the Wabash Railroad and its ultimate merger into the
Norfolk Southern system in the 1990s. Four articles were selected from the original Wabash Railroad publication,
The Banner for the year 1964 and reprinted word for word and in the same style and formatting of the original issues.
Also included is a chart that shows at a glance the major components that eventually made up the Wabash system and their
years of existence. Also featured are two tables of information as of 2004 about Wabash right-of-way still in existence
and Wabash equipment and structures that have been preserved. Following is James Tilton's article detailing where some
of the towns and timetable names came from in What’s in a Name. Winding up this issue are tables listing Wabash
Station Numbers for Transportation Purposes originally issued in 1964, sorted first by number and then alphabetically.
At the centerfold is a historic timeline of Wabash railroad milestones from the Northern Cross until the company’s demise.
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No. 54 |
Winter 2004 |
Wabashing Through Litchfield, IL / Modeling the St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad. An article from
Joe Collias written about his days watching and photographing trains in Litchfield, IL and includes almost a dozen of
his photos. Neil Fink's contribution as our first model layout write-up. The basis of the layout is the St. Louis and
Hannibal Railroad. The StL&H actually was in operation from 1882 until its abandonment in 1962. It consisted of
104 route miles from Hannibal to Gilmore, MO and connected with the Wabash Railroad at both ends.
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No. 54 |
Winter 2004 |
Rail fan trip from 1954 from Topeka
KS to Keokuk IA, on the Wabash 11th District. A wreck on the Wabash that
destroyed the town's depot in Philo, IL in 1962. A reprint of Stan
Rydarowicz's article on the Athearn kit conversion of Wabash Panel Hoppers
published in the February 2005 issue of RailModel Journal. An expose'
of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company that
explores the NJI&I's history and operations before its loss of identity in
the 1982 formation of Norfolk Southern. A brief presentation on the Studebaker
Corporation. Photos and maps. |
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No. 55/56 |
Spring/Summer 2004 |
An entertaining story written in 1974 regarding a
rail fan trip twenty years earlier from Topeka KS to Keokuk IA, the Wabash
11th District. Finis for Philo describes a Wabash wreck that destroys
the town’s depot in Philo, IL in 1962. A reprint of an article on the
Athearn kit conversion of Wabash Panel Hoppers published in the
February 2005 issue of RailModel Journal. An expose´ of the New
Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company. Explores the NJI&I’s
history and operations before its loss of identity in the 1982 formation of
Norfolk Southern. Two additional short articles close this issue, one
anecdotal of the NJI&I, and the other a brief presentation on the
Studebaker Corporation. |
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No. 57/58/59 |
2005 |
The Wabash Railroad's Omaha Line,
a 227-mile route that passed through the remote parts of northwest Missouri
and southwest Iowa to reach Omaha NE and a vital connection with the Union
Pacific Railroad. Based on an article published in the Illinois Traction
Flyer, we examine the construction, operation and demise of the Sangamon
Ordnance Plant that was located just west of Illiopolis, IL from the point of
view of the Illinois Terminal Ry. Wabash Freight Traffic in Northwest Ohio in
the 1950s predominantly the Toledo area. Modeling the Wabash in 7½ gauge. |
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No. 60/61/62 |
2006 |
Issues consists of two articles: Signaling
101: an introduction to railroad signaling, and Signaling on the Wabash
which discusses how the Wabash RR did their signaling. Contains many
photographs, diagrams and graphics. Discusses Wabash signaling history. |
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No. 63/64/65 |
2007 |
Wabash’s Iles Tower which protected the crossing of the
Chicago & Alton (GM&O) and Wabash RR at the south side of Springfield IL. A visual look via maps
and data at the locations of the industries that the Wabash RR served in St. Louis. A look at the
8th District, at times know as the: Effingham, Stewardson and Sullivan Branch. A follow-up article
on the Wabash’s 18th and 19th Districts Wabash Line to Omaha. Larry Lett shares some of his stories
of growing up with and working for the Wabash and its successors. Closes with the Backyard Wabash
Part 2 featuring scratch-built 1½“ scale Wabash #700 4-8-4. |
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No. 66/67 |
2008 |
This double issue contains an
article on Wabash and Ann Arbor Open Top Hopper Cars. The article is a
follow-up to an article printer fifteen years ago in The Banner entitled, “Coal
on the Wabash. Followed by a reprint of Stan Rydarowicz’s article on
Wabash Parlor Cars in HO scale from Rivarossi Models published in the October
2003 issue of RailModel Journal. |