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Trains Magazine 2005 May 21st century steam Sand Patch MoPAc
Trains 2005 May
30 Six-coupled gets the job done
Big enough to draw visitors, yet small enough to earn its keep, it's the right-sized engine for tourist and museum lines Erik G. Ledbetter
FEATURES
40 Adirondack mission
Volunteers with big goals and little money have turned a moribund railroad into a busy tourist line Karl Zimmermann
48 Those who can, teach
As railroading becomes more technically demanding, the industry searches for ways to attract and train good talent Peter A. Hansen
54 Map of the Month: Makeup of the MoPac
Even in the 1970s, Missouri Pacific boasted five-figure mileage
56 Railroad Blueprint: Sand Patch, Pennsylvania
The Baltimore & Ohio's final decade on its most famous mountain grade Tom Biery
INSERT.2005 Guide to Recreational Railroading
Your travel source for tourist lines, railroad museums, dinner trains, and other rail attractions. Take it with you everywhere!
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos
Bush seeks Amtrak reform ... or bankruptcy?
16 Don Phillips
Chicago railfans are terrorists? Give me a break
22 Mark. W. Hemphill
Observations on my career as a railroad writer
24 Locomotives
Coming to terms with the SD50 and its reputation
26 Passenger
The Northeast Corridor's infrastructure is in trouble
28 City Rail
Agencies weigh costs, benefits of alternate power sources
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 Railway Post Office
66 Railroad Reading
72 Preservation
74 Ask TRAINS
76 New Products
84 Gallery
90 Once upon a time in TRAINS
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