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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Bonus Content
Download our latest pdf package and read more about deregulation, O. Winston Link, and German railways!
The Magic of the Night
Their techniques are similar even though their technology is decades removed. Still, the resulting photos lead us to ask: Is Gary Knapp the next O. Winston Link? You decide
By Karl Zimmermann
Bonus content
To learn more about O. Winston Link, vist the Link Museum in Roanoke, or its Web site, www.linkmuseum.org.
Difference of Decades: General Electric Revisits the South Shore
Visit the Chicago South Shore & South Bend in 1972 and 2007
By Greg McDonnell
Reunited
And in Berlin's new Central Station, it feels so good
By R. David Read
Map of the Month: Passenger Rail Service in 2050
To avoid a transportation crisis, we need to spend billions on rail. See why in this passenger rail companion to our May 2008 Map of the Month
By Matt Van Hattem
The Road to Deregulation
As Congress considers re-regulating the railroad industry, it is time to review why the government deregulated it in the first place 28 years ago
By Jim Giblin
Railroad Reading
Destruction of the Sunset Limited:An assistant conductor recounts the deadliest Amtrak disaster of all time when his train plummeted into Big Bayou Canot in Alabama
By Gary Farmer
Gallery
CSX in Rochester, N.Y.; Amtrak's Pennsylvanian in Cassandra, Pa.; the Venice Simplon Orient-Express in Folkestone Harbour, Kent, U.K.; and crossover tracks near Chicago Union Station
By Assorted Photographers
News
News & Photos
Floods devastate Midwest routesSpecial feature: two-page map showing you the worst of it
Don Phillips
Vast opportunity for Amtrak, but can it meet the challenge?
Roy Blanchard
Ready to turn some freight cars? Here's how it's done
Technology
Railroad engineering makes a comeback
Locomotive
Classic PA takes shape in Oregon
Passenger
Amtrak delays get attention in Congress
City Rail
California's Altamont Commuter Express makes plans to combat freight interruption
Departments
From the Editor
Where are North America's great train stations?
Preservation
Can Mid-Continent Railway Museum rebound from flooding?
Fantrip
Preserving a caboose in your own backyard Bonus Content: Learn about the history of cabooses and another account of restoring a caboose, which includes many resources.
Ask Trains
Amtrak sleeping options, track renewal systems, well car configurations
Download our latest pdf package and read more about deregulation, O. Winston Link, and German railways!
The Magic of the Night
Their techniques are similar even though their technology is decades removed. Still, the resulting photos lead us to ask: Is Gary Knapp the next O. Winston Link? You decide
By Karl Zimmermann
Bonus content
To learn more about O. Winston Link, vist the Link Museum in Roanoke, or its Web site, www.linkmuseum.org.
Difference of Decades: General Electric Revisits the South Shore
Visit the Chicago South Shore & South Bend in 1972 and 2007
By Greg McDonnell
Reunited
And in Berlin's new Central Station, it feels so good
By R. David Read
Map of the Month: Passenger Rail Service in 2050
To avoid a transportation crisis, we need to spend billions on rail. See why in this passenger rail companion to our May 2008 Map of the Month
By Matt Van Hattem
The Road to Deregulation
As Congress considers re-regulating the railroad industry, it is time to review why the government deregulated it in the first place 28 years ago
By Jim Giblin
Railroad Reading
Destruction of the Sunset Limited:An assistant conductor recounts the deadliest Amtrak disaster of all time when his train plummeted into Big Bayou Canot in Alabama
By Gary Farmer
Gallery
CSX in Rochester, N.Y.; Amtrak's Pennsylvanian in Cassandra, Pa.; the Venice Simplon Orient-Express in Folkestone Harbour, Kent, U.K.; and crossover tracks near Chicago Union Station
By Assorted Photographers
News
News & Photos
Floods devastate Midwest routesSpecial feature: two-page map showing you the worst of it
Don Phillips
Vast opportunity for Amtrak, but can it meet the challenge?
Roy Blanchard
Ready to turn some freight cars? Here's how it's done
Technology
Railroad engineering makes a comeback
Locomotive
Classic PA takes shape in Oregon
Passenger
Amtrak delays get attention in Congress
City Rail
California's Altamont Commuter Express makes plans to combat freight interruption
Departments
From the Editor
Where are North America's great train stations?
Preservation
Can Mid-Continent Railway Museum rebound from flooding?
Fantrip
Preserving a caboose in your own backyard Bonus Content: Learn about the history of cabooses and another account of restoring a caboose, which includes many resources.
Ask Trains
Amtrak sleeping options, track renewal systems, well car configurations
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