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Trains Magazine 2002 February Canadian steam Inside Mining RR
Trains 2002 February
FEATURES
34 Who's got the vision?
Is the western rail map about to change-again? Here's what UP's Dick Davidson, BNSF's Matt Rose, and KCS's Mike Haverty are thinking. Fred Frailey
38 Electric yields to diesel at a mining railroad
An inside look at INCO, North America's largest nickel mine, where electric locomotives labored in grimy obscurity until diesels arrived. Bob Chambers
48 Map of the month: Eastern trunk-line profiles New York to Chicago main-line profiles in 1927, comparing the Erie, New York Central, Pennsy, and Baltimore & Ohio.
56 Luxury west
Land cruising is elevated to an art form on passenger trains in the Western U.S. and Canada. Bob Johnston
64 Railroad reading
Two strikes and the bridge tender's out; Northern Pacific grade-crossing incident; Humpin' at the Wabash.
NEWS & PHOTOS
10 Railroads
DM&E gets environmental green light from STB; Reform Council pulls plug on Amtrak; Quebec lights its big bridge; Muskingum Electric to close; UP SD7OM's pull Olympic Torch Relay train; rail stocks stay stable.
26 Locomotives
Soybean-oil-powered diesels; Green Goat update; UP to fly flags on all road units; VIA Rail Canada gets Genesis units; GE's back on IC.
30 Passenger
Bombardier sues Amtrak; VIA and GO Transit team up; Turboliners await action; trackwork for Downeasters.
32 City Rail
Boston's PCC's roll on; Ottawa's 0-Train gets started; VRE uncorks a bottleneck; L.A. Red Line amazes critics.
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor
O service, where art thou?
7 Railway Post Office
UP reefer rehab; Phillips passenger forecast challenged.
72 Ask Trains
Passenger conductors; what happened to the Lehigh Valley?; Class 1 vs. Class 2; scale test cars.
76 Preservation
ARM and TRAIN hold first joint convention; Ohio Central 4-8-4 6325; Reading FP7's; interurbans ride carferry.
84 New Products
Recently released books, videos, recordings, and art.
94 Hot Shots
Burlington's Silver Charger; bridge crane in a storm; a yardmaster's day out; why railroads need to modernize.
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