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Trains Magazine 2002 December Map coal routes Great Railroad show on earth China
Trains Vol 62 No 12 December 2002
Table of Contents
FEATURES
42 Greatest railroad show on earth Steam is still king CHINA
Trackside Guide: Portland, Oregon
The second in our series of pull-out guides to North 4merica's busiest railroad hubs. This stop: Portland!
56 Map of the Month: Pocahontas Coal
Routes, profiles, and helper districts of the major coal carriers between Chicago and the East Coast.
58 The new alphabet routes
Railroads compete, and cooperate, to move traffic most efficiently in New England. Joe Greenstein
66 In the Christmas spirit
Holiday greetings from a different era, courtesy of Kalmbach Publishing Co., and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos
Intermodal may replace coal as railroads' top revenue source ... by 2004! Plus: Gunn aims at states; express in new 4mtrak budget; and Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 stars in NRHS's 4rizona convention.
15 Don Phillips: Potomac Pundit
The 4cela: nobody loves it but the passengers
19 Larry Kaufman: Industry Insider
Let's remember why the railroads were deregulated
30 Locomotives
How dynamic braking works
34 Passenger
Chicago Bears' and other football specials
38 City Rail
Subway line beneath Ground Zero reopens
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor The merger agony
7 Railway Post Office
Ted Rose; diesel choices; Cesar Vergara; 4mtrak
84 Ask TRAINS Conductors to engineers
88 Preservation
Chicago Pullman plant restoration moves forward
94 New Products
Recommended: The Chicago & Alton Railroad
102 Hot Shots
Photo of the Month: Silent night in Grafton
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