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Trains Magazine 2003 September No Man Trains Bellevue OH Fast freight crossroads
Trains Vol 63 No 9 September 2003
Table of Contents
COVER STORY
42 Get ready for no-man trains
Technology makes it possible; competition might make it imperative. Will railroaders fade away? Remote-control locomotives might be changing everything. Kathi Kube
FEATURES
26 Railroad Blueprint: Bellevue, Ohio, 1955
No moss grew on Nickel Plate's Bellevue Yard, where fast freights made quick connections. Tony Koester
34 In the footsteps of David and Doc
4s the last of steam faded from North American railroads, a new type of train watching was born. James A. Neubauer
52 Map of the Month: BNSF predecessors
Lines on a map connect-or do they? BNSF's system is big and sprawling, but in many ways it's still three or four railroads.
Trackside Guide: Omaha-Council Bluffs
No. 4 in our pull-out guides to North 4merica's busiest rail hubs untangles the interchange paths and bypasses of railroads through and around these cities on the banks of the Missouri River.
NEWS
8 Railroad News & Photos
UP takes BNSF's United Parcel business; Chicago's big plan
14 Don Phillips
Railroaders and truckers agree on something. What next?
16 Larry Kaufman
What it will take to build money-making loose-car freight?
20 Locomotives
EMD thinks it has a new champion with its SD7O4Ce
22 Passenger
Fast trains on slow tracks: Heat restrictions ruin schedule-keeping
24 City Rail
Houston's METRO to open soon; Chicago fixes a bad curve
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