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Trains Magazine 2007 July Local heroes Local freight Northeast corridor
Trains Vol 67 No 7 July 2007
Table of Contents
30 Thinking local
Local freight was the manifestation of a larger struggle to unite an immense continent into one common market and diverse people into one nation. John P. Hankey
62 Dodging bullets and other assorted tales
The last freight serving San Francisco is the mouse to Caltrain's cat.
David Lustig
96 Gallery
Railcars on a barge in New York harbor, BNSF in North Dakota, Camas Prairie Rail-net, and Canadian Pacific
38 Moving the merchandise
Class 1 railroads are changing the way they handle carload freight, while shorter railroads find opportunities for growth. Michael W. Blaszak
68 Against the current
Norfolk Southern train H33, the weekday local out of Reading, Pa., is a classic way freight in a mainline world. Kevin P. Keefe
50 Map of the Month: Follow that car!
On this foldout map, we plot the journeys of four freight cars as they cross the eastern portion of the continent.
74 How I learned to love life on the local
To a greenhorn conductor, local freights just weren't that cool. Andy Cummings
53 Local freight where it shouldn't be
See how peddlers and passenger trains mix on America's fastest railroad: The Northeast Corridor. Scott A. Hartley
76 Railroad Reading
Greenhorn on patrol: My rookie months on the Milwaukee Road's Morton Grove Patrol were tough, but Toby, Chipmunk, and I survived. Jim Smith
ON THE COVER: UP's Chino Local in Chino, Calif., works five days a week. Steve Crise photo; Tom Danneman illustration.
16 Outlook for big steam
50 Foldout map: Follow that freight car
53 Local freight on the Northeast Corridor
62 Union Pacific still serves San Francisco
68 Local on the Chicago-New York main
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