Trains Magazine 2005 April Cars Erie hogger Wabash cab ride KC Map
Trains 2005 April
28 Freight car catch-22
Combine a cyclical economy with a risky car-building market, and freight car shortages an bound to occur in some years. Tom Murray
FEATURES
38 Wendy and the lost boys
Working Southern Pacific's Lawrence Switcher exacted tolls that friendship could ease, but not erase. Linda Niemann
44 2004 photo contest winners
We gave our readers a challenge: Document today's railroaders at work. And they did - in the yards, shops, and offices.
50 Riding a bird on a prayer
The Wabash's special stop at Ashburn meant I was living my dream. William Schenold
54 Map of the Month: Kansas City tonnage
K.C.'s traffic density in 1971 and 2003. Mark W Hemphill
56 Erie's 'top notch' engineer
In an era of polish and pride, Erie Railroad engineer Harvey Springstead found fame and honor. Curtis Springstead
NEWS
10 Railroad News & Photos
NS crash raises safety concerns, West Coast storms sock UP
16 Don Phillips
Narrow-gauge railroad in east Africa yields some surprises
20 Mark W. Hemphill
Investors aren't public servants - despite public opinion
22 Locomotives
GM finally bids adieu to EMD
24 Passenger
The battle of Concord - over the Downeaster
26 City Rail
A police encounter prompts Metra to clarify photo policy
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 Railway Post Office
64 Railroad Reading
70 Ask TRAINS
72 Preservation
74 New Products
80 Gallery
86 Once upon a time in TRAINS
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