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You learned about the role cab units play on museum, tourist, and dinner trains today. Now, click here to go back in time 30 years to check the status of streamlined diesels in the late 1970s by reading J. David Ingles' piece from the July 1978 issue of Trains. In addition, fans of early tourist railroads will enjoy reading our other story about Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road from the April 1961 issue - when SRR was only 3 years old!