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Trains Magazine 2004 August Horseshoe Curve Santa Fe surf Line
Trains 2004 August
38 HORSESHOE CURVE SPECIAL
America's most famous railroad
landmark is 150 years old
We're celebrating with a photo spectacular spanning a century of photography: From images of steam and diesel on the Curve, to looks at the railroad town of Altoona, oddball motive power, and the most unlikely Horseshoe Curve souvenirs you'll ever see!
26 Rio Grande commodities
What is inside those cars, anyway? Products of the Earth hauled by the Rio Grande: where it comes from, where it goes, what it's used for, and why it matters. Mark W. Hemphill
62 Map of the month: Top intermodal lanes
A map of the largest intermodal lanes shows how railroads have capitalized on the trailer and container boom ... and where they have fallen short.
64 Railroad Blueprint: Santa Fe's Surf Line
How's this for beach reading? Santa Fe's L.A.-San Diego line had it all: sun, sand and, in 1941, Warbonnets. Keith Jordan
NEWS
lo Railroad News & Photos
Union Pacific: in the center of controversy
14 Don Phillips
16 Larry Kaufman
20 Locomotives
New locomotive orders abound; Spider-Man snares VIA
22 Passenger
Under Amtrak, "union stations" serve trains, buses, and transit
24 City Rail
This summer's "remakes" include transit vehicles, rails
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 Railway Post Office
70 Railroad Reading
76 Ask Trains
80 Preservation
82 New Products
90 59 Years Ago in Trains
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