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Features - Today's Railroading: Industrial-Strength Diesels (An industrial short line in the California desert continues to boast more than its share of mainstream high-horsepower diesels.), Special Report: Showdown for Amtrak (Amtrak and the freight railroads which carry its passenger trains are working to redefine their fickle relationship. The key issue: money.), To Yellowstone and Back (A 1947 family automobile vacation greatly expanded an Ohio teenage railfan's horizons,), Landmark Locomotive: Union Pacific's Challenger (The Overland Route's 4-6-6-4 Challenger was a thoroughbred among articulated steam locomotives. With full-color scale drawings.), Bob Hatfield and the Alaska Railroad (Competition, weather and state politics make America's northernmost carrier a unique regional and challenge its ex-Southern Pacific boss.), The David P. Morgan Files: Siesta...and E9's (To mark Trains 55th year, we bring back a great name from the magazine's history in the first of a series of encore stories and essays.), On Location" Tough Course for the Thoroughbreds (Norfolk Southern's mountainous "Rathole" line in Kentucky and Tennessee offers rugged geography and a rich variety of freight traffic.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals ( Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, Readers' Platform, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, Preservation Points, New Products, Schedules, Observations, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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| Pacific Rail News |
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Features - New Orleans: The Southern Gateway (Where the East meets the West in the South - this rail center hosts six Class Is, two terminal roads, a short line and the world's oldest continuously operating streetcar line.), Franklin Canyon Springtime (Spring comes early to Northern California and when it does, Santa Fe's line to the Bay Area is awash with the colors of the season: green and red and silver.), Images: Helpers! (More than 25 helper districts across the West provide unparalled railroad action as diesels shove heavy tonnage over spectacular mountain grades.), Focus Nevada: Winnemucca (A steady stream of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific trains racing along the Humboldt River and an active nightlife make this desert oasis a top destination.) Departments - Editorial, PRN Letters, Expediter, Regionals, Union Pacific, CP Rail System, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe, Focus Nevada, Kansas City Southern, Southern Pacific Lines, Chicago & North Western, Transit, Amtrak/Passenger, The Information Super Railroad, PRN Classifieds, The Last Word, PRN Advertising Index |
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April |
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Features - Battle of the Tongue River (In Montana, plans for a rail shortcut for coal have drawn fire.), The Interlocking Tower (A stirring poem leads off our special "Tower Tribute" section.), A Learning Place (Wabash's tower of Jacksonville, Ill, was a railroad classroom.), Playing Out The String (CSX has the last great stand at rural towers, 15 on the old Baltimore & Ohio, centered at Cumberland.), Selected Railroad Reading (Tower stories include a revelation in Illinois, memories from Iowa, and hooping it up in Connecticut.), Photo Section (A selection of interlocking tower photos, inside and out, from yesterday and today.), High Times at Mission Tower (Visit this busy, almost all-passenger Los Angeles junction, where Metrolink has brought a renaissance.), Going, Going...(Fewer than 200 active towers remain and their number keeps dropping. Where can you find them?), The David P Morgan Files: What Price Sleep? (When the Burlington Route introduced the Slumbercoach.), Big Bang, No Theory (Steam-locomotive boiler explosions were very unforgiving.), Arkansas Lime, With a Twist (A narrow gauge line where you'd least expect it - in the Ozarks.), Hot Shots: Delray Jct., Detroit, Michigan (An old brick tower guards a junction that sees trains of 8 railroads.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, Readers' Platform, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, New Products, Glossary, Preservation Facts, Schedules, Observations, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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May |
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Features - New Direction For NRHS (George P. Molloy heads up the largest rail hobby organization: the National Railway Historical Society.), Shortline Resourcefulness (On the Southern Railroad of New Jersey, problem-solving is as easy as using whatever's at hand.), Silver Survivor (The Illinois Railway Museum's Nebraska Zephyr can still hold her own on the high iron.), By Steam To The Grand Canyon (The Grand Canyon Railway sets ridership records with Harriman coaches and a pair of old 2-8-0's.), Photo Section (Dramatic images of today's high-horsepower freight railroading.), David P. Morgan Files: Retreat From The American Dream (What happens to travel when the passenger train is done in by the jet airliner - a 1956 perspective.), Renaissance in California (Now in its second year, California Northern is reinventing three former Southern Pacific lines.), Searching For Amtrak's Future (A 4700-mile rail odyssey to check Amtrak's weakened pulse.), Diverging Approach: What's Wrong With Trucking Alliances (In reality, the railroads hae become subcontractors.), Hot Spot: Dalhart, Texas (Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific cross in the Panhandle.), Reader's Platform: Is Seamless Service The Real Merger Motive? (Public policy toward rail mergers should go beyond buzzwords.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, Preservation Points, Schedules, Observations, Glossary, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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| Railfan & Railroad |
July |
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Features - Anatomy of a Sierra Storm, Tuskegee Airmen, Where Champions Roamed, Pinon Pines and Semaphores Departments - Railways, Fanmail, Timetable, Videos, Railroadiana, Camera Bag, On The Menu, Railfun, Transit Currents, Railnews, Markers, Switch List, Advertising Index, Museum & Tourist Railroad Directory, Railnews |
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August |
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Features - Finis for Sierra's Baldwins (New ownership of the fabled California line means newer diesels.), Ending a Good Run (North Western achieved the age of 159, and in recent years, it pushed the performance envelope.), Steamtown Opens its Doors (For better or worse, the nation's controversial steam-railroad museum unveils its new facilities.), Garbuilding in 12-inches-to-the-foot Scale (How Thrall Manufacturing puts together coal and grain cars in its plant in Cartersville, Georgia.), Photo Section (A potpourri of vintage steam, modern diesels and people.), Journey to Destiny (An inventive ride on the North Coast Limited was prelude to a humorous incident, but important work on the Manhattan Project was ahead..), Railroading on "The Stormy" (Southern Pacific's Lordsburg District endures weather extremes, a desert environment and heavy traffic.), The David R. Morgan Files: The Fan Outlook (There's no denying the appeal of steam, but modern railroading is compelling, too.), Hot Spots: Rochelle, Illinois (A busy crossing of Burlington Northern and C&NW-UP mains.), Readers' Platform: Daddy Weirdest (On the endurance test of being a teenage daughter of a railfan.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, News Photos, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, New Products, Preservation Points, Schedules, Glossary, Observations, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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September / October |
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100 Miles of Golden Track, A Sentimental Journey, Stamping out Railroads |
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| Vintage Rails |
Fall |
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Electrifying Pennsy's Northeast Corridor, Thomas Viaduct (After 160 years, B&O's monument to itself stands tall), Photo Album, SP's Peninsula Commute (The great era of the "Peninsula Parade" comes in the late 1940s and early 1950s), Summit Operator: Morse Code to Computers (Recollections of a Santa Fe train order operator in Cajon Pass), The Dramatic Industrial Art of Walter Greene, The Death of Speed ("My own experience included one notable ride on the northbound Wabash Bluebird") |
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| Pacific Rail News |
October |
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Harriman's Dream, Images: Western Autumn, East of Gilluly, Yesterday, Today on the Range |
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October |
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Features - They came to Steamtown (More than 50,000 visitors flocked to Scranton, PA to celebrate the new Steamboat National Historic Site.), Lancaster Hosts 60th NRHS Fete (National Railway Historical Society conventioneers enjoy an eclectric lineup of steam, diesel and electric.), Today's Railroading: Where it all began (One little boy will cherish the memories of an encounter with an Amtrak Genesis locomitive.), Ridin' on that new River Train (West Virginia's old C&O main line is home to the greatest fall-soliage excursion of them all.), Photo section (A gallery of images from the contemporary railroad world.), The David P. Morgan Files: The Detroit influence takes hold (When diesel builders took a lesson from the auto-world, the steam locomotive didn't have a chance.), Hard Road to Alamosa (Rio Grande's standard-gauge route to the San Luis Valley is twisting, steep and enduring.), Masterpiece of Steam and Steel (A new book of Norfolk & Western photographs confirms the greatness of O. Winston Link.), Hot Spots: Fostoria, Ohio (Freight trains of CSX and Norfolk Southern keep things hopping in a small town in northeast Ohio.), Readers' Platform: The Gods of Amtrak (A battle hardened Amtrak passenger finds it helpful to get in touch with the spirits.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Separtures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, Preservation Points, Schedules, Observations, Glossary, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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November |
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Features - The Cocaine Train (Amtrak's Southwest Chief has become a favorite drug delivery van.), Special Anniversary Section: Union Pacific's Super Railroad (To celebrate 55 years of Trains, a team of writers and photograhphers offers an intimate view of UP's mighty main line across Nebraska. Your guuide: a train called CBNP-10.), Colossus of Roads (On May 10, 1995, the American railroad revolution of the 1990's comes into sharp focus along UP's Council Bluffs Subdivision.), Power For the Revolution (As locomotives get even bigger and better, UP joins BP and others in choosing A.C. propulsion.), Photo Section (A gallery of pictures by the Trains team from May, 1995 on UP's main line across the Cornhusker State.), Wizards of Time and Distance (At UP's computerized dispatching center, the idea is to keep the "Pickers" away from the "Shooters".), Rock Solid (Trackworkers strive to give UP trains the best ride in the world.), Carrying The Goods (CBNP-10s 95 freight cars, representing the army of nearly 1.2 million that work for North American railroads, display their color and variety.), Biggest on the Busiest (Astrice UP's hottest corridor in North Platte sits Bailey Tard, the world's largest rail classification facility.), The David P. Morgan Files: A Hunger for Horsepower (UP's devotion to big locomotives once bordered on sheer worship.) Departments - Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, ABC's of Railroading, Reviews, New Products, Preservation Points, Schedules, Observations, Glossary, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish |
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December |
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Today's Railroading: Moonlight on Morant's Curve, Vanishing Snowplows, The Rise and Fall of the Rail CIity Museum, Photo Section: Trains vs. Winter, Selected Railroad Reading, The David P. Morgan Files: 5632 revisited, On Location: BN's Chicago Racetrack, The Broadway bows out, Diverging Approach: Sm=nail's pace in Terminals? |
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| Railfan & Railroad |
December |
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Cover One Contest, It's government work, A visit to the Virginia & Truckee: 1942, Alcos on Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern, Action on New England Central |
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