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Trains Magazine 1997 January Alcos PA Tehachapi spectacular Stampede Pass B&P
Trains 1997 January
6From the Editors
A new year, a new look
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
16Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
18The Boomer
Columnist Ed King
18BRailroad News
Events, trends, people
20Power Desk
Locomotive news
25Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
34Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
The Next Merger Shoe Drops
26 CSX announcesConrailagreement;
NS enters a hostile bid by Dan Cupper
Stampede Pass Comes Back
28 BNSF is hard at work reopening a second route over the Cascades. by Bruce Kelly
The Future of Railroad Radio
32 Will new technologies and operations your scanner?
by Vincent Reh
Farewell, Chiefs
44 Warbonnet diesels still ride the Santa Fe across Illinois, but the Southwest Chief has moved.
by J. David Ingles
Big Kid in the Alleghenies
46 Buffalo & Pittsburg, largest member of the Genesee &Wyoming family, is making a go of it.
by Ryan R. Fischer
COVER STORY:
Landmark Locomotive: Alco's PA
54 Text, photos, and foldout drawings of a classic passenger model that now seems larger than life.
by J. David Ingles
Once Upon a Time in TRAINS: DPM's Wish Comes True
61 After 27 years, Gil Rieds J-3 Hudson painting 79 MPH finally gets its due-in a color foldout.
Photo Section
64 Color images of winter railroading on the Rio Grande, CB&Q, Canadian Pacific, Conrail, and others.
Remembering the Pennsy
70 Thoughts on whatn the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad was, and what it meant.
by Dan Cupper
On Location: Tehachapi
74 Southern Pacific and Santa Fe's
spectacular California mountain crossing is an incomparable place to watch trains.
by David Lustig
Readers' Platform:
Make Your Collection Count
84A case for sharing your railroad artifacts with others. by Lloyd D. Lewis
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