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Issue 74 - 2014


Front Cover of Issue 74 - 2014
This 148 page issue features the TRRA's Madison Yard, and more


CONTENTS

The Editor's Page
      Page 2

Madison Yard History
      Page 3

Madison Yard - Heartbeat of the Terminal Railroad
      From Its Humble Beginnings to a Super Rail Yard
      Lawrence Thomas
      Pages 4-7, 30-49, with B&W and color photos, track diagrams, and fold-out

Madison Yard Through the Years
      Pages 8-15, 77, 86-120, with B&W photos, track diagram, chronology of Madison Yard, multiple fold-outs

Dispatching at Madison
      Pages 16-17, with color photo, map

Madison RIP Track
      Pages 18-19, with B&W and color photos

Freight Yards on the Terminal Railroad
      The Multitde of Freight Yards Could be Confusing
      Pages 20-24, with 2 double-page B&W photos on a fold-out

Madison Yard Memories
      From the Fireman's Extra Board
      Gary Boedefeld
      Pages 25-29, with B&W photos, one small color photo

Locomotive Assignments at Madison Yard
      Pages 50-53, with B&W and color photos, car diagram, advertising

The TRRA Presidency in History
      Pages 54-56, with list, B&W photos

TRRA Diesel & Shops Consolidation
      Thomas Madden
      Pages 56-63, 69-71 with B&W and color photos

The First St. Louis Hump Yard
      Illinois Central Was Up To the Challenge
      Pages 64-68, with B&W and color photos, hump engine list

Madison Yard Recollections
      from a New York Central Conductor
      James Arnett
      Pages, 72-76, with B&W photos

Madison Yard in 1922...
      A sampling of the freight cars that were interchanged at Madison In the Pre-WOrld War II era and How it was Operated
      ...and the Cars that were Interchanged
      From the 1922 C.E. Smith & Co. Report of the Engineers Committee, St. Louis and East St. Louis Railroad Terminals
      Pages 78-85, with B&W and color photos, system map, track chart

Madison Yard in the News
      The Area's Newest Hump Yard Drew Little Attention When It Debuted
      Page 121

The History of the TRRA Compass Shield
      Pages 122-123, with graphics and photo

The Railroad Photos of Alfred R. Jaeger
      The Recruit Looks at St. Louis - Summer of 1953
      Photos and Text from Louis A. Marre
      Pages 124-137, with B&W photos

The TRRA's Mart Building
      The TRRA's Attempt to Capture the National Trade Show Market
      Pages 138-139, with B&W and color photos

Significant Dates in the History of the Terminal Railroad Association
      Pages 140-141, with B&W photos

Notes on Sources of Information and Bibliography
      Pages 142-146

Acknowledgements
      Page 147


Back Cover of Issue 74 - 2014




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