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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features
Field of dreams
Perishable trains from the Salinas Valley were once a Southern Pacific hallmark. Can Union Pacific bring them back?
By Elrond Lawrence
Lima Louie
For Lima Locomotive Works photographer Louis Thouvenin, Saturday was busman's holiday.
By John B. Corns
Ribbons of steel
To cope with heavier trains and more traffic, rail is getting bigger and better - and some of it is made in Japan.
By Tom Murray
Railroad Blueprint: Walla Walla Valley, 1968
Twilight of a former interurban in produce country.
By Blair Kooistra and Marc Entze
Map of the Month: Branded passenger trains
From the Chiefs to the Rockets, branded trains promised consistent service. We map America's brand-name passenger fleets.
News
Railroad News & Photos
Amtrak exits Mail & Express business.
Don Phillips
Half of railroading made a truly wise decision.
Mark W. Hemphill
You only get what you pay for.
Locomotives
Class It's compliant: the SD70M becomes a "Dash 2."
Passenger
Trains are running faster in Amtrak's winter timetable.
City Rail
San Francisco's Muni strains under crushing popularity.
Preservation
Union Station Kansas City buys Milwaukee train.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
Field of dreams
Perishable trains from the Salinas Valley were once a Southern Pacific hallmark. Can Union Pacific bring them back?
By Elrond Lawrence
Lima Louie
For Lima Locomotive Works photographer Louis Thouvenin, Saturday was busman's holiday.
By John B. Corns
Ribbons of steel
To cope with heavier trains and more traffic, rail is getting bigger and better - and some of it is made in Japan.
By Tom Murray
Railroad Blueprint: Walla Walla Valley, 1968
Twilight of a former interurban in produce country.
By Blair Kooistra and Marc Entze
Map of the Month: Branded passenger trains
From the Chiefs to the Rockets, branded trains promised consistent service. We map America's brand-name passenger fleets.
News
Railroad News & Photos
Amtrak exits Mail & Express business.
Don Phillips
Half of railroading made a truly wise decision.
Mark W. Hemphill
You only get what you pay for.
Locomotives
Class It's compliant: the SD70M becomes a "Dash 2."
Passenger
Trains are running faster in Amtrak's winter timetable.
City Rail
San Francisco's Muni strains under crushing popularity.
Preservation
Union Station Kansas City buys Milwaukee train.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
Article Snippets
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