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Contents: 101 mph At Bird-In-Hand (Sweden’s rakish X2000 tilt train is impressive in its first demonstration on Amtrak in the Northwest); RailTex’s Empire Invades Canada (In Ontario, the Goderich Exter Railway is proving that shortlines can succeed in wooing back customers); Can’t Tell The Players… (Railroading’s commonality is illustrated by Southern Pacific diesels nearing New York City); The Unsinkable FL9 (Electro-Motive’s dual-power cab-unit diesel rolls into its fourth decade in Amtrak and commuter service in New York and Connecticut); Crew Fatigue: A Challenge For The Railroad Industry (What will it take to ensure that an engineer is adequately rested every time he or she grabs the throttle? A railroad manager has some answers); Photo Section: Trains On The Night Shift (A gallery of black-and-white and color night photography); New Life For Conrail’s Southern Tier (The old Erie Lackawanna mainline through southern New York State has a bright future); Getting Ready For The Sunset (Months of preparation by CSX and Amtrak were necessary to extend the Sunset Limited from New Orleans to Jacksonville and Miami); The Perilous Push Pole (When a switchman used a push pole to move a car, he was flirting with disaster); Trains Hot Spots: Where Dalsa Meets The Sunset (Flatonia, Texas, the junction of two Southern Pacific mainlines, still guarded by a manned tower, is the site of plenty of action); Readers’ Platform: Time To Kill A Myth (Hobos are a popular American icon, but these vagabonds weren’t just colorful characters and have no place on today’s railroads) Departments – Editorial; Railway Post Office; Potomac Pundit; Railroad News; Arrivals & Departures; Railroad News Photos; ABC’s Of Railroading; Reviews; New Products; Schedules; Observations; Classified Advertising; Photo Finish
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Condition: Very Good