Actually, the article couldn't have been about the demolition unless it was in future tense--the station building wasn't razed until 1971 or 1972, IIRC. However, passenger trains stopped using the station in 1969, when the remaining C&O and B&O trains were shifted to the C&NW station.
Carl
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A quick check on Ebay turned this up... Free Shipping even
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAINS-MAGAZINE-NOVEMBER-1969-FREE-SHIPPING_W0QQitemZ110091642921QQihZ001QQcategoryZ131QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
This auction is for a NOVEMBER 1969 TRAINS magazine in very good condition.
Good Luck
Later Bill
I've been looking to obtain the November 1969 issue of Trains, for the article about the demolition of Grand Central Station (in Chicago). No libraries around me have the issue, including CPL, whose collection only goes through '74.
The available back issues don't go back that far, at least as far as I can tell.
The ideal solution would be if somebody could email me the article with photographs (which I need for modelling). I'm not an IP lawyer, so I don't know the details, but certainly the combination of fair use (the use of the content for research) combined with the lack of publication of the magazine for 38 years would seem to make such a transfer ethical.
Otherwise, does anybody know where I could buy said issue?
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