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Issue No. 3: Industrial Design and the Alco-GE Locomotives

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A painting by Herbert D. Stitt and an overview of his work for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad leadoff this issue. John Gruber then presents the award-winning photograph “Spirit of Transportation” from 1918 by King Daniel Ganaway, a Black photographer in Chicago. Gruber also examines the corporate photography of William Maurice Rittase, best known for his work for the Chesapeake & Ohio. Other articles look at a Nickel Plate Road painting by Bob Lorenz, the industrial design of Raymond E. Patten, and Esther Bubley’s photo archive. Gregory Ames concludes the issue with his “Diary of a Wartime Boxcar.”

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Railfans ride a Mid-Continent Railway Museum caboose in North Freedom, Wisconsin, in May 1963. Photograph by John Gruber, Gruber-05-021-0003

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