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Trains Magazine 2002 March Our plan for Amtrak An EMD man in SP El Paso Manhatta
Trains Vol 62 No 3 March 2002
Table of Contents
FEATURES
30 Our plans for Amtrak
36 Railroad in the clouds
Peru's Ferrocarril Central 4ndino, is the highest railroad in the world, and the steepest climb, too. James B. Armstrong
38 Perlman the magnificent
Alfred E. Perlman, savior of the New York Central and Western Pacific: Greatest railroad man ever? Harry J. Bruce
46 An EMD man in SP's El Paso, 1962
Troubleshooting Southern Pacific's new GP2Os included explorations in the desert. H.F. "Casey" Cavanaugh
54 West Side story
New York Central's High Line, once a congestion solution, is now the center of controversy. Joe Greenstein
62 Map of the month: New Haven traffic snapshot
The passenger and freight transportation machine that was the New York, New Haven & Hartford in the mid 1950s.
NEWS & PHOTOS
10 Railroad News & Photos
Third Kansas City flyover on tap; traffic shift mothballs Saluda grade; Bangor & Aroostook forced into bankruptcy; Afghanistan rails; Potomac Pundit; Industry Insider.
24 Locomotives
Amtrak's F40 era draws to a close; VILRCs retired; Virginia Railway Express leases Seattle equipment; biodiesel on Miami Tri-Rail; Estonia buys GE units.
26 Passenger
Kentucky Cardinal returns passenger trains to Louisville; modern stations and trains design on exhibit; Amtrak winterizes its single-level cars.
28 City Rail
Siemens fuels the light-rail boom; Seattle light rail gets the green light; Houston voters say yes to new system; Shore Line East heads west.
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