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Contents: Today’s Railroading: Industrial-Strength Diesels (An industrial short line in the California desert continues to boast more than its share of mainstream high-horsepower diesels.), Special Report: Showdown for Amtrak (Amtrak and the freight railroads which carry its passenger trains are working to redefine their fickle relationship. The key issue: money.), To Yellowstone and Back (A 1947 family automobile vacation greatly expanded an Ohio teenage railfan’s horizons,), Landmark Locomotive: Union Pacific’s Challenger (The Overland Route’s 4-6-6-4 Challenger was a thoroughbred among articulated steam locomotives. With full-color scale drawings.), Bob Hatfield and the Alaska Railroad (Competition, weather and state politics make America’s northernmost carrier a unique regional and challenge its ex-Southern Pacific boss.), The David P. Morgan Files: Siesta…and E9’s (To mark Trains 55th year, we bring back a great name from the magazine’s history in the first of a series of encore stories and essays.), On Location” Tough Course for the Thoroughbreds (Norfolk Southern’s mountainous “Rathole” line in Kentucky and Tennessee offers rugged geography and a rich variety of freight traffic.) Departments – Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals ( Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, Readers’ Platform, ABC’s of Railroading, Reviews, Preservation Points, New Products, Schedules, Observations, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish
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Condition: Very Good