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Trains Magazine 1993 September GEnesis locomotive Alco diesels Vintage photos Hu
Trains 1993 September 1993
FEATURES
For High-Speed Rail, a Practical Twist
30Amtrak's success with the X2000
O tilt train has altered the debate over the future of U.S. passenger trains.
by Dan Cupper
On Flying the Company Flag
3 4 With its E9 diesels and classic paint scheme, Union Pacific shows how to run a business train.
by J. David Ingles
The Genesis Locomotive: Amtrak's New Breed
36 Electric's bold new pas- 6 senger diesel ushers in a new age of motive-power technology.
by Bob Johnston
The Promised Land
In the second installment of the
4 2 author's Alco Safari, we discover there is more to see in Empalme, Mexico, than just PA passenger diesels.
by Greg McDonnell
Southern Pacific at the Crossroads
4 8 Why is one of America's most V celebrated railroads in trouble, and can it extricate itself? A veteran reporter provides the inside story.
by Fred W. Frailey
Photo Section: Handsome Hudsons
64 New York Central may have 6 4 introduced the Hudson steam locomotive, but it didn't have a corner on the market for notable 4-6-4's.
A Half-Century Gone
72 Good old Wheeling & Lake Erie 7 2 wasn't known for its passenger trains, but the last of its varnish went out with a flourish.
by John B. Corns
TRAINS Hot Spots:
In the Shadow of the Spartans
76 Grand Trunk Western and CSX
mainlines intersect at a busy junction called Trowbridge near the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing.
by Jeffrey T. Schultz
Readers' Platform: Pass It On!
78 How do we create a new genera- V tion of railroad enthusiasts and advocates? It will require effort ... and imagination.
by Theodore Kornweibel Jr.
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
12 Potomac Pundit
14 Railroad News
18 Arrivals & Departures
25 Railroad News Photos
80 ABC's of Railroading
83 Reviews
88 New Products
89 Schedules
94 Observations
100 Classified Advertising
106 Photo Finish
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