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Trains Magazine 1994 March Conrail Horseshoe Curve Double stack revoltion Texas
Trains 1994 March
Recreating the Scenic Limited
30 Amtrak and private car owners pull off the train of the year on the old Western Pacific and Rio Grande.
by J. David Ingles
Impossible Engineering
34 CP Rail's main line along Lake Superior's north shore symbolizes railroading's battle with nature.
by Robert S. McGonigal
Sacred Places
36 TRAINS presents 10 historic U.S. and Canadian sites every railfan should see at least once in a lifetime.
Running Trains
by Remote Control
44 Once the province of industrial switching, remote control is expanding to common carriers.
by Bill Stephens
Our First Annual
Photo Contest: The Winners
5USeven winning pictures come out on top from among 500 entrants and nearly 1000 photographs.
The Land Ships
5 QDouble-stack trains are the stars V of intermodal railroading, but containerized rail freight dates to 1921.
by Kenneth Strawbridge
Railroad People: Russell Shurtleff
65 A lawyer-turned-road foreman helps Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road keep steam rolling.
by Dan Cupper
A Moment in Railroad History
glimpse of workaday railroad life, circa 1919, for members of a valuation crew in Michigan.
by Kevin P. Keefe
Go East
68 Q In the fifth installment of his Alco Safari, the author finds a shortline diesel bonanza in New York State.
by Greg McDonnell
Hot Spots: Big Sandy, Texas
74 Southern Pacific and Union Pacific trains share the spotlight at this East Texas junction.
by Patrick D. Flynn
Readers' Platform: Basics, Not Panaceas
76 While railroads hype new equip- ment, truckers emphasize service. by James Kelly
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12 Potomac Pundit 14 Railroad News 18 Arrivals & Departures
24 Railroad News Photos
78 ABC's of Railroading
80 Reviews
84 New Products 86 Schedules
90 Observations
93 Classified Advertising
98 Photo Finish
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