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Trains Magazine 1997 October Norfolk Southern NKP Tweetsie engine legend
Trains 1997 October
6From the Editors
The appeal of the Nickel Plate
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
12Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
14Diverging Approach
Columnist Ed Ellis
16Railroad News
Events, trends, people
18Power Desk
Locomotive news
23Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
30Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
Pete Carpenter on the Conrail Deal
24 CSXT's CEO sees a "tremendous opportunity" in the merger. by Bill Stephens
"New" Cumbres Hosts an Old Locomotive
26Aed 4-4-0 its the w
Mexico- Co restorloradov touristsiliNene.
by John P. Hanker
Clear Board for NRHS Utah Fete
2 8
Steam, on three carriers, stars in Salt Lake City convention.
by J. David Ingles
If You Knew the Blue Streak
3 6
Under UP, a famous SP name is just another freight symbol.
by Fred W. Frailer
COVER STORY:
HotTimes on NS's Nickel Plate Line
38 Norfolk Southern has turned a (8 lemon into lemonade between Chicago and Buffalo.
by Bill Stephen:
Once Upon a Time in TRAINS: Dream, Then Nightmare
Milwaukee traction crash killed riders, and ultimately the line too
Photo Section
5O Trackside action captured amid
the bright hues of fall foliage. Century Mail
56 A wartime job allowed a
Man to deliver the company young mail
to the NYC's crack passenger train.
by Gordon E. Lloyd
Alcos on a Tabletop
58 Out of routes Class l's didn't want comes a successful, flat- land short line-and it's all-Alco.
by Scott A. Hartley
legend of the Tweetsie
62 A narrow4-6-0
its proud career-gauge at the head end of Appalachian passenger trains.
by Johnny Graybeal
On location: Sand Patch's East Slope
68 In this high-tech age, CSX still moves trains the old-fashioned
way in southwestern Pennsylvania.
by Bruce Kelly
Readers' Platform:
Why I am a Railfan-Again
76 After 30 years, a man returns to the railroad hobby. by Michael Lloyd
78ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, "Glossary"
80Reviews
Books, videos, recordings
88New Products
No. 1522 items, Utah map, clock
90Preservation Points
News of museums and tourist lines
92Schedules
Upcoming fantrips, shows, exhibits
96Observations
Staff commentary, "For More Info"
106Photo Finish
Mishap on the M&StL
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