The Western Railroader

Volume 23 Number 10 October 1960

Issue 250

Cover: Last Stand: Southern Pacific Crews Tear Up Tracks Between Buttonwillow and McKittrick In The First Phase Of Abandonment Operations. A New Device, Rail Ripper, Used For The First Time Is Shown Ripping Up Rails, Ties, Spikes and Plates. Another Bit of Kern County's Glorious Past Soon Will Be Known Only To The History Books.

Contents:

  • 'Ripper' Tears Up West Side Tracks
  • Big Red Cars Now Turning Green: Compton

Monthly Railway Age News: Northern Pacific, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Western Pacific plus other news

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