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Trains Magazine 1998 June CSX Spartanburg subdivision BNSF Mojave main line
Trains 1998 June
6From the Editors
60 candles for two groups
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
14Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
16Diverging Approach
Columnist Ed Ellis
18Railroad News
Events, trends, people
20Power Desk
Locomotive news
15Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
28Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
DM&E Takes Step Toward Powder River
26Midwestern regional announces a route for its planned coal-line construction project into Wyoming.
by Steve Glischinski
Tidying up the Tea Garden
34 Once upon a time, the Baltimore & Ohio had a small park in the
Allegheny Mountains with a great view.
by Robert S. McGonigal
COVER STORY:
Too Many Blame Hills
36 0ra Hill, Clark Hill, and Sneads Hill-grades that make CSR's Spartanburg Sub possibly the meanest stretch of railroad in South Carolina.
by Jeffrey Harwell
Photo Section
46 Glimpses of Soo Line in the summer, Monongahela Railway, Willamette & Pacific, and Lehigh Valley's Cornell red color scheme.
Miami TriRail
54 A south Florida commuter line that began as a temporary solution to highway construction gridlock is now a key transportation element.
by Jeffrey R. Orenstein
Roosevelt, Washington:
Requiem for a Train Order Station
60 Ten years after CTC forced its 6j closure, a visit was in order to the last train-order station on BN's 2nd Sub along the lower Columbia River,
by Wayne Depperman
On location:
Fast Trains in a Strange Land
66 On BNSF's busy line across the
Mojave Desert, those with a taste for adventure can see trains pass through such exotic locales as Siberia, Bagdad, and Cadiz.
by David R. Busse
Adventures in Railroad Photography: Provocative Thoughts on a Simple Objective
72 If making good photographs is your goal, you first need to understand why you are making them. by Brian Solomon and Mel Patrick
Readers' Platform:
April 18, 1869-and Now
74 A critical look at the historic
day on which Central Pacific crews laid 10 miles of track.
by David Jones
76ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, "Glossary"
78Reviews
New hooks and videos
82New Products
Selected railroadiana
84Preservation Points
News of museums, "Depot Doings
86Schedules
Upcoming fantrips, shows, exhibits
88Observations
Staff commentary
98Photo Finish
Built to last: a coal tower still stands
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