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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Birthplace of the Transcon
Climb aboard a westbound frieght for a ride on BNSF's Clovis Sub in New Mexico
By Fred W. Frailey
2006 Trains/Canon Photo Contest: Against the Elements
From bitter cold to scorching heat, from time to rain and snow, our readers sent their finest
Why the 'green train' ran ... and doesn't anymore
Learn about the reasons for starting - and ending - Shamrock Coal's Oneida & Western unit coal train
By Ron Flanary
1 man, 1 locomotive, 70 years together!
From his youth to his occupation, then hobby and passion, Harold Borovec has kept No. 15 close by and steaming in Washington state
By Kurt F. Anders
Map of the Month: West Coast passenger trains
From San Diego to Vancouver, the short-haul passenger train has taken root, and riders have embraced it with fervor and style
By Matt Van Hattem
Railroad Reading
A set of discarded dentures seemed to grow feet in pursuit of an engineer being pranked by his head brakeman
By Jim Cyphers, as told to Joe Detrixhe
Gallery
History comes alive in color with an Illinois Terminal Class D freight motor in 1953, a Wabash F7A in 1962, and Chicago & North Western semaphores in 2000
News
News & Photos
Railroads work on ''greener'' image for the future
Columnist Don Phillips
Columnist Tom Murray
Technology
New shop cleans and repairs cars faster and better
Locomotive
UP equips an SD60M to test emissions reduction
Passenger
Get back to nature on a dome-car ride in Canada
City Rail
Transit systems explore using biodiesel as fuel
Departments
From the Editor
Isn't Point A to Point B safest?
Fantrip
Cyber-size your submissions
Preservation
Can steam really be made clean?
Ask Trains
Climb aboard a westbound frieght for a ride on BNSF's Clovis Sub in New Mexico
By Fred W. Frailey
2006 Trains/Canon Photo Contest: Against the Elements
From bitter cold to scorching heat, from time to rain and snow, our readers sent their finest
Why the 'green train' ran ... and doesn't anymore
Learn about the reasons for starting - and ending - Shamrock Coal's Oneida & Western unit coal train
By Ron Flanary
1 man, 1 locomotive, 70 years together!
From his youth to his occupation, then hobby and passion, Harold Borovec has kept No. 15 close by and steaming in Washington state
By Kurt F. Anders
Map of the Month: West Coast passenger trains
From San Diego to Vancouver, the short-haul passenger train has taken root, and riders have embraced it with fervor and style
By Matt Van Hattem
Railroad Reading
A set of discarded dentures seemed to grow feet in pursuit of an engineer being pranked by his head brakeman
By Jim Cyphers, as told to Joe Detrixhe
Gallery
History comes alive in color with an Illinois Terminal Class D freight motor in 1953, a Wabash F7A in 1962, and Chicago & North Western semaphores in 2000
News
News & Photos
Railroads work on ''greener'' image for the future
Columnist Don Phillips
Columnist Tom Murray
Technology
New shop cleans and repairs cars faster and better
Locomotive
UP equips an SD60M to test emissions reduction
Passenger
Get back to nature on a dome-car ride in Canada
City Rail
Transit systems explore using biodiesel as fuel
Departments
From the Editor
Isn't Point A to Point B safest?
Fantrip
Cyber-size your submissions
Preservation
Can steam really be made clean?
Ask Trains
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