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Trains Magazine 1998 May Atlantic Coast ine Massachusetts hot spots
Trains 1998 May
6From the Editors
The ultimate machine
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
14Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
16The Boomer
Columnist Ed King
18Railroad News
Events, trends, people
20Power Desk
Locomotive news
21Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
30Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
28
Steam Hangs on in Germany
2 Gone from most of Europe,
steam survives in revenue service on German narrow-gauge lines.
by Bill Tasker
Flowing Like a River
36 Streams and rivers have more in 3ucommon with a railroad system than you might realize.
by Harold L. Miller Jr.
COVER STORY:
Last Hurrah for Mainline Steam?
38 Big engines will make main-
line appearances on Class 1 and regional railroads this year, but how much longer will the trips go on?
by Bill Stephens
Plowing into History
44 The operation of Cumbres & Toltec's steam rotary snowplow is a spectacle to behold-and a necessity to open the line in the spring.
by Karl Zimmermann
Doing!
Jim Thorpe, Jack Kerouac & the Champ: Atlantic Coast Line's Rocky Mount
68 Once an important ACL hub, (8 this North Carolina shop town grew up with the railroad and helped spawn the "Beat Generation."
by Jackson McQuigg
On Location: Springfield, Mass.
78 Conrail, Amtrak, Guilford, and Connecticut Southern Converge
in this western Massachusetts hot spot.
by Scott A. Hartley
Tirol: Heart of the Alps
82 The scenic, mountainous gion shared by Austria and Italyre is a
grand, granite amphitheater featuring plenty of spectacular railroad action.
by M. Ross Valentine
Readers' Platform:
The 'Gold' Watch Told More than Time
90 A railroader's timepiece was more than a trinket; it was the clock by which he and his family lived.
92ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, "Glossary"
94Reviews
Books, videos, CD-ROM
100New Products
Selected railroadiana
101Preservation Points
News of museums, "Depot Doing
by Harry Wo
104Schedules
Upcoming fantrips, shows, exhibits
106Observations
Staff commentary, "For More Info"
114Photo Finish
Front-row seat on the rear end
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