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Trains Magazine 1998 November AC Rules AC Diesels to the test Powder River
Trains 1998 November
6From the Editors
Some lessons from Rochelle, Ill.
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
13Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
31Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
Union Pacific and its Comeback Kid
24 UP Chairman Dick Davidson is making moves to bring the railroad giant back from gridlock.
by Fred W. Frailey
Conrail Goes Out on a High Note
30On the eve of becoming parts of Norfolk Southern and CSX, Conrail goes out at the top of its game.
by Bill Stephens
Luck, Pure and Simple
42Briegihntgtiithe rightplaceatthe
me allowed a photogra- pher to capture converging Hiawathas.
by J. David Ingles
Sound and Fury
44 Jk anyo w1hs ie bustehinasd it: C&neO 614 stillr puts
on a great show-and so do the men that run the Super Power 4-8-4.
by Bill Stephens
Succeeding at the Daily Grind
50 Spend a day on the job with Pandrol Jackson's RMS-5 rail grinding train and the men who run it.
by Jim Zeirke
Get a Haircut
60MoPac President Downing Jenks had some advice for a youngster mulling a railroad career.
by David R. Busse
COVER STORY:
A.C. Rules!_
62Today'sdiesel locomotives are turning in unprecedented performances thanks to alternating-current propulsion systems.
by Greg McDonnell
On Location:
A.C. Rules in the Powder River Basin
74,C,OorailrLaiinnes,,osnhoWwycoamseinBgN'ssbFussy
and UP's newest motive power.
by Mike Danneman
Once Upon a Time in TRAINS: Remote Outposts: Past Tense?
82A look back at "odd corners" of old railroad empires, like Illinois Central in Wisconsin.
Readers' Platform:
What About the Burlington Northern?
84A plea for recognition of an overlooked fallen flag. by Micheal Farley
86ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, glossary
88Reviews
New books and videos
98New Products
Selected Railroadiana
100Preservation Points
News of museums, "Depot Doings
104Schedules
Upcoming fantrips and shows
106Observations
A dirty assignment on C&O 614
114Photo Finish
Foggy past, clearer future?
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