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Trains Magazine 2006 May Alaska White Pass & Yukon Young guns of steam
Trains Vol 66 No 5 May 2006
Table of Contents
COVER STORY
30 White Pass' new gold
In the late 1980s, the narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon learned to tap the riches of the cruise-ship trade. Now it's North America's busiest tourist railroad Karl Zimmermann
FEATURES
40 Steam's young guns
Meet the under-35 leaders who will keep steam alive for the next generation Erik G. Ledbetter
48 Countdown to Amtrak:
A final fling around the West
During the last week of April 1971, I completed a nostalgic rail journey ... and began a very personal one John Krauskopf
56 Mountain thunder
West Virginia's newest railroad, the Appalachian & Ohio, serves the state's oldest industry Bob Withers
64 Map of the Month: Amtrak crew districts
How Amtrak crews staff its trains Bob Johnston
INSERT 2006 Guide to Recreational Railroading
NEWS
10 Railroad News & Photos
Railroads turn in a strong 2005 financial performance
14 Don Phillips
The best railroad is the one that quickly overcame disaster
22 Technology
BNSF tests positive train control in Illinois
24 Locomotives
Serving in California: the diesels that White Pass never got
26 Passenger
Delays cripple passenger-train schedules in the Southeast
28 City Rail
Changing rules can hamper agencies' quests for federal funds
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