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Contents: Amtrak’s Expansion will shrink some Trains (As mail and express route business drives route expansion, Amtrak’s passenger car fleet is stretched thin.), That Seventies Show(A gathering of diesels in Washington D.C. could only have occurred at a unique moment in time.), Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City (After a recent reconstruction, Argentine Yard in K.C., Kansas has cemented its position as BNSF’s “crossroads to everywhere”.), A Difference of Decades (Before-and-after photos tell a story of constant change on the North American railroad scene,.), Selected Railroad Reading (Railroaders and train-watchers recall Eric Baldwins, a Union Pacific turbine, Grand Trunk Western steam, a Canadian RS1 and more.), Ward Kimball’s Backyard Empire (With his 500-foot-long Grizzly Flats Railroad, a colorful railfan has had fun preserving history for more than 60 years.), Super-Power: From Berkshire to Big Boy (The advanced design features of Lima’s groundbreaking 2-8-4 of 1925 set the stage for the biggest and best of steam.), Readers’ Platform: Older was Better; That’s the Problem (High speed trains are scarce in the U.S., and information on them is even harder to come by.) Departments – From The Editors, Railway Post Office, Potomac Pundit, The Boomer, Railroad News, Scanner, Power Deck, Railroad News Photos, ABC’s of Railroading, Reviews, New Products, Preservation Points, Schedules, Observations, Photo Finish
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Condition: Very Good