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Contents: BNSF Reborn (Behold the Transcon: Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s route to prosperity and laboratory for the 21st Century railroad) Features – Mississippi Mudlark (When the monsoon hits, it’s hard to tell the locomotives from the muddy landscape – even in a painting); Returning To The Rails (Charlotte, N.C., prepares to launch commuter light-rail service on a former Southern Railway line); Long Night In Chicago (A last-minute call, a busy tower, headlights staring up at me from every direction…my worst night on the railroad); The Age Of Innocence (New York City was a train-watchers paradise in the 1960’s, and this musician explored it all, with camera in hand); Map Of The North: Union Pacific Predecessors (The biggest of the biggest grew tremendously since deregulation. We map the fallen flags that formed today’s 33,000-mile system) News – Railroad News And Photos; Don Phillips (Our Potomac Pundit becomes the sage of the Seine); Mark W. Hemphill (The purpose of railroading has changed 180 degrees); Locomotives (New orders for a growing family of battery-powered locomotives); Passenger (Bargains abound! The art and science of setting fares, filling seats); City Rail (PATH announces $809 million plan to replace entire rail fleet) Departments – From The Editor; Railway Post Office; Gallery; Railroad Reading; Ask TRAINS; Preservation; New Products; 60 Years Ago In TRAINS
Issue: October, 2004
Condition: Very Good