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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
The Rail Splitter and the Railroads
Abraham Lincoln's vision helped determine what American railroading would become
By Peter A. Hansen
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Subscribers can enjoy free stories about Abraham Lincoln and his impact on railroads.
Map of the Month: Illinois Central Gulf, 1973
Tonnage, trackage, and signaling on the late-20th century incarnation of the railroad Lincoln championed in the 1800s
By Curtis W. Richard
Difference of Decades: Coal over the Missouri
Saved from abandonment in 1982, the Milwaukee Road line through Mobridge, S.D., now carries coal for BNSF
By Andy Cummings
They Really Did Build a New 4-6-2!
It cost $6 million and took 18 years, but the U.K. resurrected a lost mainline steam locomotive and has it running
By Adrian Brodie
Lonely Train Running
Driving for treasure along Canada's remote St. Lawrence north shore, we found a gem of a passenger train that only a select few may ride - and we weren't among them
By J. David Ingles
No More Steam Under Mount Shasta
How many steam locomotives spend an entire career on one railroad? McCloud River 2-6-2 did just that - until now
By Jim Wrinn
Railroad Reading
Two weddings and the Reading: Social commitments and railroad dedication don't mix for a new brakeman
By Bob Wise
Gallery
Ruby Canyon at night, Southern Pacific in San Jose, Calif., Norfolk Southern in Attica, Ind.; BNSF Railway in Grassey, Utah; Wisconsin & Southern in Janesville, Wis.; and the Slovenian Railways in the Alps
By Assorted photographers
News
News & Photos
BNSF begins Abo double-tracking
Don Phillips
Washington's rail miracles of 2008, part 2
Dan Ranger
2009 will be the year that will test preservation roads
Technology
TTX's Unilevel cars are designed to deliver large vehicles, heavy equipment in new condition
Locomotive
China tries 6,000-hp diesels
Passenger
'Auto Train' surges past adversity
City Rail
Big bucks approved for transit
Departments
From the Editor
Dear Mr. President:
Preservation
Railroad history abounds in Springfield, Ill., where the 16th president rose to prominence
Fantrip
Take a ride on the Alaska Railroad
Ask Trains
Private car costs, switch crew safety practices, streetcar switches
Abraham Lincoln's vision helped determine what American railroading would become
By Peter A. Hansen
Online Bonus:
Subscribers can enjoy free stories about Abraham Lincoln and his impact on railroads.
Map of the Month: Illinois Central Gulf, 1973
Tonnage, trackage, and signaling on the late-20th century incarnation of the railroad Lincoln championed in the 1800s
By Curtis W. Richard
Difference of Decades: Coal over the Missouri
Saved from abandonment in 1982, the Milwaukee Road line through Mobridge, S.D., now carries coal for BNSF
By Andy Cummings
They Really Did Build a New 4-6-2!
It cost $6 million and took 18 years, but the U.K. resurrected a lost mainline steam locomotive and has it running
By Adrian Brodie
Lonely Train Running
Driving for treasure along Canada's remote St. Lawrence north shore, we found a gem of a passenger train that only a select few may ride - and we weren't among them
By J. David Ingles
No More Steam Under Mount Shasta
How many steam locomotives spend an entire career on one railroad? McCloud River 2-6-2 did just that - until now
By Jim Wrinn
Railroad Reading
Two weddings and the Reading: Social commitments and railroad dedication don't mix for a new brakeman
By Bob Wise
Gallery
Ruby Canyon at night, Southern Pacific in San Jose, Calif., Norfolk Southern in Attica, Ind.; BNSF Railway in Grassey, Utah; Wisconsin & Southern in Janesville, Wis.; and the Slovenian Railways in the Alps
By Assorted photographers
News
News & Photos
BNSF begins Abo double-tracking
Don Phillips
Washington's rail miracles of 2008, part 2
Dan Ranger
2009 will be the year that will test preservation roads
Technology
TTX's Unilevel cars are designed to deliver large vehicles, heavy equipment in new condition
Locomotive
China tries 6,000-hp diesels
Passenger
'Auto Train' surges past adversity
City Rail
Big bucks approved for transit
Departments
From the Editor
Dear Mr. President:
Preservation
Railroad history abounds in Springfield, Ill., where the 16th president rose to prominence
Fantrip
Take a ride on the Alaska Railroad
Ask Trains
Private car costs, switch crew safety practices, streetcar switches
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