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Posted by Fr.Al on Friday, February 22, 2019 4:10 PM

I do recall DPM saying that when Trains Magazine was launched in 1940, Hubbard wished them success. Likewise, when Railfan was launched in 1975 , DPM wrote them, expressing the same.

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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, February 22, 2019 3:17 PM

Hubbard also wrote "Dining Car Blues" in the September 1951 issue. And had a Trains Turntable opinion piece, "The great days of railroading" in the March 1972 Trains. 

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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, February 22, 2019 3:13 PM

Fr.Al

Freeman Hubbard wrote for the competition?

 

Yes, there is a short "Interchange" story about Freeman H. Hubbard on page 58 of the same issue stating that he has been the editor of Railroad magazine for 15 years. 

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Posted by Fr.Al on Friday, February 22, 2019 1:29 PM

Freeman Hubbard wrote for the competition?

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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, February 22, 2019 8:21 AM

See Freeman Hubbard's article, "The expanding GM&O" in the February 1948 issue of Trains, pp 10-17. 

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Posted by IA and eastern on Friday, February 22, 2019 6:56 AM

David Morgan discussed a proposed merger between GM&O & Frisco in 1948 in Trains magazine. What month was this merger discussed. Gary

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