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Trains Magazine 2000 June BNSF Crossroads to everywhere Berkshire to Big Boy
Trains Vol 60 No 6 June 2000
Table of Contents
Amtrak's Expansion Will Shrink Some Trains
28 As mail and express business drives route expansion, Amtrak's passenger-car fleet is stretched thin. by Bob Johnston
That Seventies Show
38 A gathering of diesels at Washington D.C., could only have occurred at a unique moment in time. by Kevin P. Keefe
COVER STORY: Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City
40 After a recent reconstruction, Argentine Yard in K.C., Kans., has cemented its position as BNSF's "crossroads to everywhere." by Harold L. Miller Jr.
A Difference of Decades
46 Before-and-after photos tell a story of constant change on the North American railroad scene.
Selected Railroad Reading
52 Railroaders and train-watchers recall Erie Baldwins, a Union Pacific turbine, Grand Trunk Western steam, a Canadian RS1, and more.
Ward Kimball's Backyard Empire
58 With his 500-foot-long Grizzly Flats Railroad, a colorful rail-fan has had fun preserving history for more than 60 years. by John Smatlak
Super-Power: From Berkshire to Big Boy
64 The advanced design features of Lima's groundbreaking 2-8-4 of 1925 set the stage for the biggest and best of steam. by Neil L. Carlson
Readers' Platform: Older Was Better; That's the Problem
72 High-speed trains are scarce in the U.S., and information on them is even harder to come by. by Greg Godfrey
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