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Contents: Rising Phoenix…On A Winged Shield (How the Union Pacific stumbled, again, is an interesting story. How it is coming back is a better one) Features – Royal Train (Four days of luxury travel aboard the Royal Canadian Pacific, in the style of heads of state, makes it difficult to return to reality); Caltrain’s Commuter Choreography (Express trains and four-track main lines are common in the East. But for Bay Area commuters, Caltrain’s new Baby Bullet expresses are a big deal. No wonder riders are loving it); Map Of The Month: ACL + SAL Merger Study (“The new railroad is here,” announced the Seaboard Coast Line in 1967 – a merger 10 years in the making. It’s underlying philosophy: Move the tonnage where tonnage could move most directly) News – Railroad News & Photos (Freight-car orders rise in 2004: CP lands more bridge traffic); Don Philips (Lessons for U.S. passenger rail from British Rail); Mark W. Hemphill (Why train crews still don’t know when they’ll work); Locomotives (Former Amtrak F40s find new life in freight service); Passenger (Cutting the Three Rivers may save other Amtrak trains); City Rail (Washington, D.C. Metro budget situation improves) Departments – From The Editor; Railway Post Office; Railroad Reading; Ask TRAINS; Preservation; New Products; Gallery; Once Upon A Time In TRAINS
Issue: February, 2005
Condition: Very Good