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Trains Magazine 2002 April Washington State Railroads
Trains Vol 62 No 4 April 2002
Table of Contents
FEATURES
36 Exploring Washington's railroads part 1 The west west
30 Eureka! 19th-century jewel
Arguably this is the most beautiful locomotive in America that still runs. John Gruber, photos by Joel Jensen
50 Honeymoon on a caboose
After first-class rides to Florida and back, a B&O freight-train ride was "roughing it." Bob Withers
52 Canadian Pacific in New York City
It's a tough town for an upstart. Find out why while riding a freight over Hell Gate Bridge. Joe Greenstein
58 Office cars fade as Chessie takes to the air
When C&O decided time trumped style, out went office cars and in came the DC-3. Howard Skidmore
62 Map of the month: Traffic over the Divide
All transcontinental routes are not created equal. Comparing 1980 to 2000, why some have won and others lost.
NEWS & PHOTOS
12 Railroad News
Amtrak proposals; steel-town blues; north to Alaska?
15 Don Phillips: Potomac Pundit
The public must ante up if it wants trains
19 Larry Kaufman: Industry Insider
Will DM&E actually expand? Money talks!
24 Locomotives
Diesels can still surprise you David Lustig
26 Passenger
Florida gears up for more trains Bob Johnston
28 City Rail
Siemens boosts its U.S. presence G. Mac Sebree
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor
Union Pacific+Southern Pacific re-examined
7 Railway Post Office Letters from our readers
64 Railroad Reading
Interviewing Calvin Coolidge; watching while a train derails; how to walk on ice in a railroad yard
72 Ask Trains
Experts answer reader questions
76 Preservation
Canadian Railway Museum's vision; gems for St. Louis; Florida tourist pike changes hands
80 New Products
Books, videos, and other products
88 Hot Shots
Readers' best photographs
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