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Trains Magazine 1994 May Golden Spike myth Nevada Northern General Motors Diesel
Trains 1994 May
NJ Transit Makes Connections
2 Q Major track improvements will V give northern New Jersey rail commuters more travel options.
by Scott Hartley
An Amtrak Chain Reaction
3UCutbacks on the Pioneer and Tex- as Eagle mean improvements elsewhere, especially the City of New Orleans.
by Bob Johnston
Arkansas Traveler
32 Cotton Belt 4-8-4 No. 819, the pride of Pine Bluff, is a great ambassador for "The Land of Opportunity."
by Kevin P. Keefe
GM's "Comeback Kid"
34 General Motors' new SD70MAC for Burlington Northern features A.C. power and self-steering trucks.
by Robert S. McGonigal
That Promontory Myth
4UWhy is Utah's Golden Spike site of May 1869 so often misidentified? Here are some answers.
by George R. Van House
Nevada Northern Turns Back the Clock
44 The steam age lingers in splendid isolation at this railroad museum. by Joel Jensen
A Decade of Transformation
51 The first of three stories on "Change in Wisconsin" looks at the Badger State's shifting rail map.
by Steve Glischinski and David Ingles
A Death in the Family
56 On the late, lamented Green Bay & Western, "railroad family" was more than just a phrase.
by John Gruber
Cooling the Fever
62 How the Fox River Valley Rail- road was almost missed before it was swallowed up by Wisconsin Central.
by J. David Ingles
Coming Home in Style
64 In the last installment in his "Alco Safari" series, the author sees the big show in Montreal, the Alco capital.
by Greg McDonnell
Hot Spots: Neenah, Wisconsin
72Wisconsin Central's new hub fea- tures numerous through freights and switching movements.
by J. David Ingles
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12 Potomac Pundit
14 Railroad News
18 Arrivals & Departures 23 Railroad News Photos 74 Readers' Platform
76 ABC's of Railroading 78 Reviews
82C New Products
82D Schedules
88 Observations
91 Classified Advertising 98 Photo Finish
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