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Trains Magazine 1998 August NJ Transit Reading & NOrthern Vancouver Intermodal
Trains 1998 August
6From the Editors
Trains make strange bedfellows
10Railway Post Office
I eticis from our readers
12Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
14Diverging Approach
Columnist Ed Ellis
16Railroad News
Events, trends, people
18Power Desk
Locomotive news
21Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
24Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
Fine Times on Reading & Northern
22 A form short line is now a 309-milere regional thriving on freight traffic Conrail had forsaken.
by Kevin Burkholder
TenYears After
3 Revisitin Spokane, Portland Si
Seattle's "High Line" in its last months under Burlington Northern.
by Bruce Kelly
COVER STORY:
New Jersey Transit: Big and Getting Bigger
32 Two hundred years after the Hoboken Ferry Company began, its descendant, NJT, is carrying commuters in record numbers.
by Mike Del Vecchio
Photo Section
42 Catenary in the East and West, steam roundhouse scenes on the Frisco and Canadian National, and Minneapolis & St. Louis F3's on the IC.
Vancouver's Deltaport
48 Canada's state-of-the-art inter-
modal terminal wants to chal-
lenge U.S. Pacific Coast ports.
by William D. Middleton
Katy Bar the Door
52 Watching Missouri-Kansas-Texass
Greenville line as the colorful Miss Katy rides off into a
brilliant Armour yellow sunset.
by Jimmy Barlow
TheGreat Railroad Show
58 In 1948 and'49,U.S. railroads on the Chicago Railroad Fair, the largest public exposition ever mounted by a single industry.
by Curtis L. Katz
Adventures in Railroad Photography: Choosing the Right Camera
68 Picking a camera depends on how much control you want to have when making a photograph.
by Brian Solomon and Mel Patrick
Readers' Platform:
What is it About Trains and Kids Anyway?
70Manchildren are naturally y drawn to trains, and a few travel tips can help keep their interest.
by Peggy Bullard Ellis
11ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, "Glossary"
12Reviews
New books and videos
16Preservation Points
PA update, Forney Museum news
18Schedules
Upcoming fantrips, shows, exhibits
81Observations
Railroad Fair guests, "For More Info"
90Photo Finish
Waiting at Wellsboro
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