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Contents: Battle of the Tongue River (In Montana, plans for a rail shortcut for coal have drawn fire.), The Interlocking Tower (A stirring poem leads off our special “Tower Tribute” section.), A Learning Place (Wabash’s tower of Jacksonville, Ill, was a railroad classroom.), Playing Out The String (CSX has the last great stand at rural towers, 15 on the old Baltimore & Ohio, centered at Cumberland.), Selected Railroad Reading (Tower stories include a revelation in Illinois, memories from Iowa, and hooping it up in Connecticut.), Photo Section (A selection of interlocking tower photos, inside and out, from yesterday and today.), High Times at Mission Tower (Visit this busy, almost all-passenger Los Angeles junction, where Metrolink has brought a renaissance.), Going, Going…(Fewer than 200 active towers remain and their number keeps dropping. Where can you find them?), The David P Morgan Files: What Price Sleep? (When the Burlington Route introduced the Slumbercoach.), Big Bang, No Theory (Steam-locomotive boiler explosions were very unforgiving.), Arkansas Lime, With a Twist (A narrow gauge line where you’d least expect it – in the Ozarks.), Hot Shots: Delray Jct., Detroit, Michigan (An old brick tower guards a junction that sees trains of 8 railroads.) Departments – Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, Readers’ Platform, ABC’s of Railroading, Reviews, New Products, Glossary, Preservation Facts, Schedules, Observations, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish
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Condition: Very Good