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Trains 1993 February
FEATURES
Ross Rowland rides again
26From the man who brought us the "American Freedom Train" comes the "21st Century Limited."
by Karl Zimmermann
A View of the future?
29QSleeping well on Amtrak's View- 1iner from Chicago to Hoboken. by J. David Ingles
Trains a hit in "Chaplin"
32 Railroads are prominent in a new movie about the great silent star. by David Lustig
Spirits of the night
34 Nocturnal activity on Amtrak evokes the magic of the dark. by Kevin P. Keefe
Comeback for VIA's Canadian
36 With its "Silver & Blue" service, Canada's transcontinental train reclaims its heritage.
by Karl Zimmermann
Revival for the Murphy Branch
44 How North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains Railway became a big-volume tourist-hauler
by Jim Wrinn
Colorado: rail vacation mecca
48The Centennial State has steam, Amtrak, museums, big-time railroads, narrow gauge, and scenery.
by Eric Lundberg
TRAINS' travel tips for 1993
52 Amtrak offers a tilt train, an expanded Sunset Limited, and a second North Carolina run.
by Bob Johnston
Photo Section
54First-generation diesels domi- nate a gallery of trains from the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties.
Chicago knights
62Out on the beat with Chicago & North Western's railroad police. by Jim Zeirk
Last stand of the GE U-boat
68 TTI's fleet of coal-hauling U28B' diesel fans to Kentucky. by Paul D. Schneide
Beauty and the beast
72 Which was the prettier, Ford's luckless Edsel or Chesapeake & Ohio's durable 2-8-4 Kanawha?
by William Benning Stewar
TRAINS Hot Spots
74 Marion, Ohio, where the crossini of Conrail, CSX, and Norfolk Southern is still guarded by a tower.
by Kenneth R. He)
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12Potomac Pundit
14Railroad News
18Arrivals & Departures
22Railroad News Photos
76Readers' Platform
78ABC's of Railroading
80Reviews
88New Products
90Schedules
96Observations
101Classified Advertising
106Photo Finish
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