FWIW, I do seem to recall that there was an article in a vintage 2002-2007 issue of either Trains or Classic Trains magazine that recounted a late 1940's era cab ride in just such a train. Could this possibly be what you are thinking of?
Paul_D_North_Jr This one? Christmas Eve on the Broadway Limited by Rung, A. M., Jr. from Trains December 1948 p. 27 Broadway christmas Limited prr - PDN.
This one?
- PDN.
While that is an excellent article, I'm fairly sure it is not the one the original poster was thinking of. The article you submit was not a cab ride, covered the train's trip from Chicago to Philadelphia, and makes only a passing memory of Ft. Wayne.
Other articles in the issue you mention, prtikcularly the Lowey and the Fairbanks Morse articles were very good reading. Thanks!
Good luck. On line auctions, like E-bay. Antique stores. Train shows. Hobby shops that deal with consignment sales. (I bought quite a few issues of Railroad Magazine from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, not all consecutive issues, at a hobby shop.) At the stores and shows, dealers who may not have the issue you're looking for may no another dealer who might.
In those old Railroad Magazines I had a June 1942 issue. There was a train order situation puzzle, with the answer being in the July 1942 issue. Of course, that next issue wasn't in those I bought. Not even available at the hobby shop. (I think I was the only one buying them. It took a while, but I finally got all that were available.) It took a few years of just looking, but I finally found that issue. So it can be done.
Jeff
Kalbach put out a DVD with all issues from number 1 to something like 2010. It's not paper, but you can still read it.
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LAWRENCE SMITH I had an old back issue from the 40's re a cab ride on the Broadway from CHI to Fort Wayne and lost it. Are back issues from this era still available?
I had an old back issue from the 40's re a cab ride on the Broadway from CHI to Fort Wayne and lost it. Are back issues from this era still available?
Johnny
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