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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features
CSX'S mountain climbers
To scale the stiffest grades east of the Rockies, CSX needed a modern breed of locomotives. GE and EMD delivered
By Jay Potter
Map of the Month: C&NW, 1968 and 2006
Compare the Chicago & North Western's system at its height to what remains of its lines today
By J. David Ingles
Legacies of the Latta
Canadian Pacific Railway's Louisville, Ky., route to Chicago passes into Indian Rail Road's hands
By Sayre Kos, Ryan Schoenfeldt, and Brian Carlson
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here for Brian Carlson's Photodex presentation of the Latta Subdivision.
Concrete Railroad
Delware, Lackawanna & Western pioneered the use of reinforced concrete in its bridges and structures
By William D. Middleton
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here to read about the history and use of reinforced concrete in railroad construction.
Data sheet: MotivePower MP36
Get the facts and figures on the commuter-rail successor to the F40 and F59
By Sean Graham-White
ONLINE EXTRA!! Railroads battle the Allegheny Mountains
Click here to purchase and download 5 stories from TRAINS Magazine!
News
Don Phillips
Confusion over new Chicago-area photo restriction
Technology
Learn about Union Pacific's high-speed track geometry vehicle
Locomotives:
Union Pacific's sixth Heritage unit was a team effort
Passenger
The cost of passenger-train delays
Railroad News & Photos
Controversy aside, is DM&E's expansion a good idea?
City Rail
Nashville prepares to launch commuter-rail service
RDC Chart
Click here to see the Railroad Development Corp.'s holdings.
Departments
From the Editor
Lessons from the container at 50
Railroad Reading
Viking with a vengeance R.E. Ash Jr.
Ask Trains
Preservation
National Railroad Museum builds a future
New Products
Gallery
Fantrip
Leave your car behind and railfan by bicycle Stefan Loeb
CSX'S mountain climbers
To scale the stiffest grades east of the Rockies, CSX needed a modern breed of locomotives. GE and EMD delivered
By Jay Potter
Map of the Month: C&NW, 1968 and 2006
Compare the Chicago & North Western's system at its height to what remains of its lines today
By J. David Ingles
Legacies of the Latta
Canadian Pacific Railway's Louisville, Ky., route to Chicago passes into Indian Rail Road's hands
By Sayre Kos, Ryan Schoenfeldt, and Brian Carlson
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here for Brian Carlson's Photodex presentation of the Latta Subdivision.
Concrete Railroad
Delware, Lackawanna & Western pioneered the use of reinforced concrete in its bridges and structures
By William D. Middleton
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here to read about the history and use of reinforced concrete in railroad construction.
Data sheet: MotivePower MP36
Get the facts and figures on the commuter-rail successor to the F40 and F59
By Sean Graham-White
ONLINE EXTRA!! Railroads battle the Allegheny Mountains
Click here to purchase and download 5 stories from TRAINS Magazine!
News
Don Phillips
Confusion over new Chicago-area photo restriction
Technology
Learn about Union Pacific's high-speed track geometry vehicle
Locomotives:
Union Pacific's sixth Heritage unit was a team effort
Passenger
The cost of passenger-train delays
Railroad News & Photos
Controversy aside, is DM&E's expansion a good idea?
City Rail
Nashville prepares to launch commuter-rail service
RDC Chart
Click here to see the Railroad Development Corp.'s holdings.
Departments
From the Editor
Lessons from the container at 50
Railroad Reading
Viking with a vengeance R.E. Ash Jr.
Ask Trains
Preservation
National Railroad Museum builds a future
New Products
Gallery
Fantrip
Leave your car behind and railfan by bicycle Stefan Loeb
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