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Contents: New Direction For NRHS (George P. Molloy heads up the largest rail hobby organization: the National Railway Historical Society.), Shortline Resourcefulness (On the Southern Railroad of New Jersey, problem-solving is as easy as using whatever’s at hand.), Silver Survivor (The Illinois Railway Museum’s Nebraska Zephyr can still hold her own on the high iron.), By Steam To The Grand Canyon (The Grand Canyon Railway sets ridership records with Harriman coaches and a pair of old 2-8-0’s.), Photo Section (Dramatic images of today’s high-horsepower freight railroading.), David P. Morgan Files: Retreat From The American Dream (What happens to travel when the passenger train is done in by the jet airliner – a 1956 perspective.), Renaissance in California (Now in its second year, California Northern is reinventing three former Southern Pacific lines.), Searching For Amtrak’s Future (A 4700-mile rail odyssey to check Amtrak’s weakened pulse.), Diverging Approach: What’s Wrong With Trucking Alliances (In reality, the railroads has become subcontractors.), Hot Spot: Dalhart, Texas (Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific cross in the Panhandle.), Reader’s Platform: Is Seamless Service The Real Merger Motive? (Public policy toward rail mergers should go beyond buzzwords.) Departments – Editorial, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, Railroad News, Arrivals & Departures, Scanner, Railroad News Photos, ABC’s of Railroading, Reviews, Preservation Points, Schedules, Observations, Glossary, Classified Advertising, Photo Finish
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Condition: Very Good