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Trains Magazine 2007 June Want to run a short line Georgia rr Minnesota line
Trains 2007 June
32 You can't stop a short line
By focusing on three segments of the business - commercial, operational, and financial - short lines will thrive. A look at Watco's best practices provides
insight into the road ahead for the ones that will prosper. Roy Blanchard
42
Map of the Month: Canadian Pacific in 1974
Join us on a hypothetical trip around the globe on the
"world's greatest transportation
system."
Matt Van Hattem
60
Railroad Reading A Father's Day apparition: My favorite regional came
through for my son and me with a huge Father's Day gift. Sam Richards
44
Back to the future
with Progressive Rail This Twin Cities railroad is
using old techniques, and
some new ones, to win freight back to the rails.
Steve Glischinski
82
Gallery
Conrail on Horseshoe Curve in 1977, Chicago & North Western 4-6-0 No. 1385 pulls antique circus wagons in 1987, and Georgia Northern FT
No. 14 pauses at Bridgeboro, Ga., in 1969.
Assorted photographers
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Who is R.J. Corman? R.J. Corman runs short lines, rebuilds railroads, picks up wrecks, and dazzles 'em with a dinner train. Find out how he got here and where he's going. Bob Withers
58
Working for peanuts (and other things) Two Fs help Georgia Southwestern, the Peach State's third largest railroad, keep growing. Erik Fedde
13 Cleaning up locomotive exhausts
26 Guide to used diesels 32 Want to run a short line?
42 Map: CP in 1974
44 Minnesota line mixes
heritage, business 50 R.J. Corman: short
lines and more
58 Georgia railroad that
works for peanuts
70 Father, son rebuild a
steam locomotive
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos DM&E mulls coal line funding
16 Don Phillips 22 Roy Blanchard
24 Technology
A&M uses video cameras as defense tools
26 Locomotives
Finding the right used diesel takes work
28 Passenger
A winter's tale on the westbound Empire Builder
30 City Rail Insights from L.A. into light-rail dispatching
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 Railway Post Office 68 Fantrip
70 Preservation
72 Ask TRAINS
74 Products
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