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Trains Magazine 1993 March FL9 Loco survival story Conrail revives Erie routes
Trains 1993 March
FEATURES
101 mph at Bird-in-Hand
26 Sweden's rakish X2000 tilt train is impressive in its first demonstration on Amtrak in the Northeast.
by Dan Cupper
RailTex's Empire Invades Canada
30 In Ontario, the Goderich-Exeter Railway is proving that shortlines can succeed in wooing back customers.
by Greg McDonnell
Can't Tell the Players ...
32 Railroadings commonality is illustrated by Southern Pacific diesels nearing New York City.
by J. David Ingles
The Unsinkable FL9
34 Electro-Motive's dual-power cab-unit diesel rolls into its fourth decade in Amtrak and commuter service in New York and Connecticut.
by Scott Hartley
Crew Fatigue: A Challenge for the Railroad Industry
42 What will it take to ensure that an engineer is adequately rested every time he or she grabs the throttle? A railroad manager has some answers.
by Burke Jefferson
Photo Section:
Trains on the Night Shift
46 A gallery of black-and-white and color night photography. New Life for Conrail's
Southern Tier
54 The old Erie Lackawanna main- 4line through southern New York State has a bright future.
by Scott Hartley
Getting Ready for the Sunset
62 Months of preparation by CSX and Amtrak were necessary to extend the Sunset Limited from New Orleans to Jacksonville and Miami.
by Bob Johnston
The Perilous Push Pole
66 When a switchman used a push pole to move a car, he was flirting with disaster.
by David Jones
TRAINS Hot Spots:
Where Dalsa Meets the Sunset
70 Flatonia Texas, the junction of two Southern Pacific mainlines, still guarded by a manned tower, is the site of plenty of action.
by Robert J. Macdonald
Readers' Platform: Time to Kill a Myth
72 Hobos are a popular American icon, but these vagabonds weren't just colorful characters, and have no place on today's railroads.
by David Jones DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12 Potomac Pundit
14 Railroad News
18 Arrivals & Departures
22 Railroad News Photos
74 ABC's of Railroading
77 Reviews
82 New Products
83 Schedules
90 Observations
93 Classified Advertising
98 Photo Finish
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