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Trains 1999 February
6From the Editors
For TRAINS, a new publisher
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
14Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
16Diverging Approach
Columnist Ed Ellis
18Railroad News
Events, trends, people
19Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
20 Power Desk
Locomotive news and photos
28Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
CSX Wraps Up Double-Track Project
After a g pacity,
former big B&Oca Chicagoblitz line isthe
ready for heavy post-Conrail traffic
by Bill Stephens
COVER STORY:
New Talgo Hits the Test Track
24 The
first U.S.-made Pacific Northwest Talgo tilt-train is put through its paces at Pueblo.
by Bob Johnston
Railink: Canada's New Rail Barons
3 8 From its 1986 beginnings in (J Alberta, this shortline pioneer has expanded its reach nationwide.
by Leslie S. Kozma and Charles W. Bohi
Merger Family Trees, Part II
6 chof he giant
Su nionematics Pacific andow North folk Southern systems came together.
by J. David Ingles
Travel '99:
Showtime on the Coast Starlight
50 Go aboard what many consider Amtrak's finest train to see how its crew and maintainers work to bring passengers a first-class journey.
by Joe Welsh
Travel '99: Budds in the North Woods
6Z2 VIA Rail Canadas Sudbury White River (Ontario) Route
remains a stronghold of the RDC.
by Pierre Ozor
Travel '99: TRAINS' Travel Tips
68 A look at some of the options (~ North American rail travelers will be able to sample in 1999.
by Bob Johnston
Travel '99: Sleeping through Europe
72 Long overshadowed by high-speed day trains, Western Europe's overnight luxury trains are attempting a modest comeback.
by Karl Zimmermann
Readers' Platform:
There's Plenty of Room if You Just Use It
80 Capacity problems are not due to too much traffic, but the disappearance of traffic managers.
by Kal Silverberg
82ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, glossary
84Reviews
New books and videos
90Preservation Points
News of museums, tourist lines
93Schedules
Upcoming fantrips and shows
95Observations
RDC's worth seeking out
102Photo Finish
Would Fred get a vote?
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