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Features
Manifest destiny
Coal and containers get the glory. Chemical traffic pays the freight - and may just save loose-car railroading.
By Gregory D.L. Morris
The essential Steinheimer
What's your favorite Richard Steinheimer photograph? We asked 10 of his friends to share the images that most inspired them - photographs that capture Steinheimer's vision of railroading.
Map of the Month: Burlington Route
"Everywhere West" proclaimed the proud slogan of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Just how far west Burlington reached can be seen in this map charting a century of expansion.
Rough ride for VIA's Renaissance fleet
Readying Canada's new intercity passenger cars for service hasn't been esy. But with a lean equipment market and a ridership boom, VIA's future is riding on the Renaissance.
By Bob Johnston
My promotion to trainmaster
"You'd be crazy to work for the railroad," friends often told me. But on the Burlington Northern, an army of psychologists was hired specifically to weed the crazies out.
By William J. Brotherton
News
Railroad News & Photos
Don Phillips
Federal security plans prompt harsh words...like "stupidity."
Mark W. Hemphill
A single load lumber flaps its wings, and a hurricane ensues.
Locomotives
Class I candid camera: Video recorders on BNSF and NS engines.
Passenger
The great North American passenger-train smokeout.
City Rail
Construction contract dispute at St. Louis MetroLink.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
Manifest destiny
Coal and containers get the glory. Chemical traffic pays the freight - and may just save loose-car railroading.
By Gregory D.L. Morris
The essential Steinheimer
What's your favorite Richard Steinheimer photograph? We asked 10 of his friends to share the images that most inspired them - photographs that capture Steinheimer's vision of railroading.
Map of the Month: Burlington Route
"Everywhere West" proclaimed the proud slogan of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Just how far west Burlington reached can be seen in this map charting a century of expansion.
Rough ride for VIA's Renaissance fleet
Readying Canada's new intercity passenger cars for service hasn't been esy. But with a lean equipment market and a ridership boom, VIA's future is riding on the Renaissance.
By Bob Johnston
My promotion to trainmaster
"You'd be crazy to work for the railroad," friends often told me. But on the Burlington Northern, an army of psychologists was hired specifically to weed the crazies out.
By William J. Brotherton
News
Railroad News & Photos
Don Phillips
Federal security plans prompt harsh words...like "stupidity."
Mark W. Hemphill
A single load lumber flaps its wings, and a hurricane ensues.
Locomotives
Class I candid camera: Video recorders on BNSF and NS engines.
Passenger
The great North American passenger-train smokeout.
City Rail
Construction contract dispute at St. Louis MetroLink.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
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