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Trains Magazine 1995 September Horseshoe Curve Amtrak can be profitable
Trains 1995 September
Today's Railroading: Maryland, Off the Main Line
30 At Thurmont, Md., short line U Maryland Midland picks up where the "Fast Freight Line" left off.
by Kevin P. Keefe
Return to Shangri-La
32 Three decades after David P. 2 Morgan romanticized them, you can still enjoy the Beyer Garratt steam locomotives of Zimbabwe.
by Gary A. Hunter
The David P. Morgan Files: You Know This Man
40 An image of a Union Pacific engi- k/ neer speaks volumes about the glory of steam railroading.
by David P. Morgan
The Man Who Took Perfect Photographs
42 The matchless work of Robert 2 Hale influenced a generation of Western railroad photographers.
by Richard Steinheimer
On Location: Horseshoe Curve, Conrail's Mountain Railroad
50A guide to photographing Con- U rail's main line between Altoona and Johnstown, Pa., heart of the old Pennsylvania Railroad.
by Scott Hartley
Selected Railroad Reading
60 TRAINS readers offer colorful first-person tales of the rails, from turntables and elephants to 70-tonners and ghost trains.
Rutland Redux
64 The passage of time has shown 9t that the successors of a beloved Vermont railroad had their own charms.
by Ben Bachman
Diverging Approach: No, Really, Amtrak Can Be Profitable
68 A blueprint for using the package 8 business to put the National Railroad Passenger Corp. in the black.
by Ed Ellis
Readers' Platform: Dividends from an Expense Item
70 Southern Pacific is showing signs 0 of a comeback. It's time for its motive power to reflect this success.
by Greg Brown
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