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Creating a Sunset
When it set out to solve its operating problems on the Sunset Corridor, UP thought big. Here's what it's up to - and why.
By Fred W. Frailey
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here to download eight stories from the Trains Magazine archive on the Sunset!
Map of the Month: Burlington Freight, 1947
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy served shippers across an 11,000-mile system with a mix of daily freights, extras, locals, and mine runs.
Haulin' Gas
On a railroad that prides itself on serving its customers, Montana Rail Link's Gas Local is the crown jewel of its operation.
By Tom Danneman
The Invisible Derailment
If a RoadRailer trailer derails in the middle of the night and nobody notices, does it still derail?
By Larry Gross
The Wiscasset Dream Reborn
See how this Maine two-footer came back to life with a vengeance.
By Wayne Laepple
Railroad Reading
All in the Family: A rookie baggage clerk makes a quick decision he'll never live down.
By Joe Beaver
Gallery
BNSF double-stacks in idaho, U.S. Steel F7s in Wyoming, and Durango & Silverton Mikado No. 473 in the Colorado Rockies.
News
News & Photos
Three tracks run the length of Wyoming coal line
Don Phillips
Dan Ranger
Technology
Railroads and mines study ways to reduce coal dust
Locomotive
End of the line for the SD90MAC?
Passenger
With Talgos sidelined, Amtrak juggles equipment
City Rail
Utah takes lead in expanding rail transit
Departments
Fantrip
Want to build a railroad park?
Preservation
Legendary line lives on
Ask Trains
Products
When it set out to solve its operating problems on the Sunset Corridor, UP thought big. Here's what it's up to - and why.
By Fred W. Frailey
ONLINE EXTRA:
Click here to download eight stories from the Trains Magazine archive on the Sunset!
Map of the Month: Burlington Freight, 1947
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy served shippers across an 11,000-mile system with a mix of daily freights, extras, locals, and mine runs.
Haulin' Gas
On a railroad that prides itself on serving its customers, Montana Rail Link's Gas Local is the crown jewel of its operation.
By Tom Danneman
The Invisible Derailment
If a RoadRailer trailer derails in the middle of the night and nobody notices, does it still derail?
By Larry Gross
The Wiscasset Dream Reborn
See how this Maine two-footer came back to life with a vengeance.
By Wayne Laepple
Railroad Reading
All in the Family: A rookie baggage clerk makes a quick decision he'll never live down.
By Joe Beaver
Gallery
BNSF double-stacks in idaho, U.S. Steel F7s in Wyoming, and Durango & Silverton Mikado No. 473 in the Colorado Rockies.
News
News & Photos
Three tracks run the length of Wyoming coal line
Don Phillips
Dan Ranger
Technology
Railroads and mines study ways to reduce coal dust
Locomotive
End of the line for the SD90MAC?
Passenger
With Talgos sidelined, Amtrak juggles equipment
City Rail
Utah takes lead in expanding rail transit
Departments
Fantrip
Want to build a railroad park?
Preservation
Legendary line lives on
Ask Trains
Products
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