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Trains Magazine 1993 June Sp GS-4 Wizard of derailments Coal trains on parade
Trains 1993 June
FEATURES
The Circus Comes to the Depot
2 8 The American circus celebrates V its Bicentennial this year. What great year to see Wisconsin's famous Great Circus Train!
by Michael R. Baldric
Still Pushing the Envelope
30 Burlington Northern quietly maintains the lead among U.S. railroads in locomotive research and development.
by J. David Ingle
In the Tracks of the General
32 Trains of today's CSX still make history along the railroad's Atlanta-Chattanooga mainline, the scene of a famous Civil War chase.
by Frank Kype
The Man Behind the Central's Dining Cars
42 Abe Smith made sure the New York Central's food lived up to the reputation of the 20th Century Limited, its most famous train.
by Bruce T. Smit
Landmark Locomotive: SP's Daylight GS-4
46 With its streamlining and its orange-and-red paint, Southern Pacific's GS-4 class 4-8-4 of 1941 was a steam locomotive for the ages.
by Kevin P. Kee
Photo Section: King Coal
52 Coal remains the backbone of
Li rail traffic, and we pay tribute to that fact with images from the Great Plains, central Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Pocahontas country.
Who Ya Gonna Call? Hulcher!
60 On the job with America's pio-
neering derailment cleanup company, the efficient Hulcher Profes- sional Services Inc.
by Jim Zeirke
In Ecuador, Lively Ghosts of Railroads Past
66 Baldwin steam locomotives and a dramatic right-of-way com- bine to create a narrow-gauge nirvana.
by Karl Zimmermann
TRAINS Hot Spots:
Which Way Through Rochester?
72 Chili Junction, N.Y., gives Conrail trains two options for getting past the city of Rochester.
by Michael M. Byrne and James P. Muller
Readers' Platform:
Crew Fatigue, Another View
74 A group of Union Pacific employees argues that legislation is needed in the crew scheduling area.
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12 Potomac Pundit
14 Railroad News
18 Arrivals & Departures
22 Railroad News Photos
76 ABC's of Railroading
78 Reviews
82 New Products
83 Schedules
90 Observations
93 Classified Advertising
100 Photo Finish
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