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Trains Magazine 2017 December UP vs Donner Pass Snow Track Gauges of the World
Trains The Magazine of railroading 2017 December
pages 74
FEATURES
COVER STORY
26 White out Fighting winter on Union Pacific's Donner crossing takes a special breed of railroader If Dick Dorn
24 Company time
I'm on the road quite a bit making sales calls for my employer, and occasionally might find a train to chase when my business is done Kevin N. Tomasic
36 Map of the Month: Track gaugesof the world
See the predominant gauge for each nation, and the miles of track Bill Metzger
38 The Ski Train's Grande return
Nearly a decade after it last ran, Amtrak and Winter Park, Colo., team up to bring back a Denver tradition Justin Franz
44 Two old rivals
Amtrak's Empire Builder evokes the rail-river rivalry of a century before, as it passes within sight of the steamboat American Queen Denny Hamilton
46 John Helbok's great steam photos
A son reflects on his father's 1960s-1980s steam photos Oren Helbok
56 The dead and dying
Railfans in the 1960s were familiar with this phrase, as passenger service was restructured and traces of the glory years vanished George W. Hamlin
58 In My Own Words: Living the dream
Three tales from a 1940s Santa Fe locomotive fireman Hal Clason
ON THE COVER Working with only the outside straight-wing out, the lead spreader set exits Tunnel 35 at Yuba Pass, Calif., on Union Pacific, Jan. 10, 2017. Photo by Kevin Dorn
26 Union Pacific vs Donner Pass snow
36 Map: Track gauges of the world
38 Colorado's ski train returns
44 Amtrak and a steamboat legend
46 1960s and 1970s steam photos
60 Remembering Ohio Central's man of steam
NEWS
6 News & Photos
11 Don Phillips
14 Fred W. Frailey 16 Brian Solomon 18 Locomotive 20 Technology
22 Passenger
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
5 Railway Post Office 60 Preservation
62 Hot Spots
64 Ask TRAINS
70 Gallery
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