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Trains Magazine 1996 May SP Cascade crossing Tourist RRs get it in gear Teenage
Trains 1996 May
Tragedy at Georgetown Junction
1 QCommuter-train collisions in
VMaryland and New Jersey
put the spotlight on railroad safety.
Runaway!
22 Four similar freight-train derail- ments in six weeks focus on some other safety factors.
Steaming Through the Snow
24 /A Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 stars in Steamtown's winter weekend. by Bill Stephens
The News is Not All Bad
32 GM GP40's are scheduled to re- place Alco diesels on Arizona's Apache Railway, but the road is healthy.
by Scott A. Hartley
Getting It In Gear
34/A Those oddities of steam locomo- tion-Shays, Climaxes, and Heislers-survive on many tourist railroads.
by Jim Wrinn
UP+SP: In Whose Interest?
40 Will shippers win or lose in the next giant Western rail merger? A seasoned observer offers an opinion.
by Mark A. Hemphill
Photo Section
46 A six-page album of color photo- graphs features short lines, commuter trains, and CSX diesels.
I Was a Teenage Dispatcher
68 Q Missouri Pacific provided a good, although unofficial, classroom. by Alan T. Smith
Burlington Northern: A Study in Leadership
73 Four ex-presidents credit the people behind the smooth 1970 merger with paving the way for success. by Steve Glischinski and David Ingle.
On Location: Southern Pacific's Cascade Crossing
78 Q Gray diesels challenge a remote, tough climb in central Oregon. by Paul D. Schneide
Lost L.A.
86 Pacific Electric hauled a lot of express, as well as passengers. by Robert S. McGoniga
DEPARTMENTS
6Editorial
8Railway Post Office
10 The Boomer
12 Railroad News
14 Arrivals & Departures 18A Scanner
19 Potomac Pundit
26 Railroad News Photos 88 Readers' Platform
90 ABC's of Railroading 92 Reviews
99 New Products
100 Preservation Points 102 Schedules
106 Observations
108 Glossary
109 Classified Advertising 116 Photo Finish
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