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Trains Magazine 2002 January Utah rails Amtrak mail & Express
Trains 2002 January
FEATURES
48 Why Amtrak bothers with Mail & Express Because it really, really needs the money. Here's how Amtrak is getting the business and how it intends to grab more. Congress, are you listening? Bob Johnston
54 Simple articulateds
They were big, brutish beasts, built for one purpose: to move drawbar-breaking tonnage over mountains. And when the concept reached its apex, no other steam locomotive could do it better, or more efficiently. Neil L. Carlson
65 Map of the month: Conrail's predecessors Full-color fold-out depicts Conrail in 1980, with each line color-coded by its heritage: Pennsylvania, New York Central, Lackawanna, Erie, New Haven, Reading, and others.
68 Railroad reading: Night-shift car inspector
Hijinks and weirdness abound as the dedicated railroaders at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station service passenger trains during Penn Central's decline. Howard McKean
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor Notes on our new design.
7 Railway Post Office
Union Pacific reefers, trucks vs. trains, and Devils Lake.
10 Railroad News & Photos
Will Congress provide Amtrak more security funding as it bails out the airlines? RailAmerica buys two more regional families. Why trespassers worry railroads.
26 Locomotive News & Photos
Going once, going twice ... sold! Union Pacific puts surplus locomotives on the auction block. Also: heavy-haul A.C.'s for UP, CSX; new locomotive photos.
30 Passenger News & Photos
The L.A.-Las Vegas corridor plods toward service like a desert tortoise. Other innovations finally coming: faster Turboliners in New York and Downeasters to Maine.
32 City Rail News & Photos
Calgary residents love the C-Train; Dallas-Fort Worth systems continue to grow; new MARC electrics delivered.
80 Ask Trains
The experts explain grade-crossing signals, experimental EMD electrics, and the longest tangent U.S. track.
86 Preservation
BC Rail kills the fires on its steam program; steam at the winter Olympics; tourist roads fight urban sprawl.
92 New Products
Recently released books and videos.
102 Hot Shots
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