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Trains Magazine 2002 May Think like a truck America oldest Railroad Tunnels
Trains Vol 62 No 5 May 2002
Table of Contents
FEATURES
32 What to do with RoadRailer?
40 Rethinking the modern railroad
How the Indiana Rail Road uses ordinary technology to get productivity big lines just dream about. M. Ross Valentine
46 Washington's railroads-Part 2: The dry East
Railroading on the other side of the Cascades, where wheat, heat, and Republicans predominate. Benjamin B. Bachman
60 Where is America's oldest railroad tunnel?
We answer three ways: first built, the oldest still in use, and the oldest in continuous use. William D. Middleton
66 Map of the month: Southern Pacific's Lucin Cut-off
Edward H. Harriman's monumental shortcut across Utah's Great Salt Lake, compared to the original line.
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos
Amtrak issues first cutbacks; DM&E buys I&MRL
15 Don Phillips: Potomac Pundit
Running electric trains in "real" gauge.
19 Larry Kaufman: Industry Insider
Are shippers using more or less rail? Yes, and no...
24 Locomotives
CSX's new look; Union goes green; BNSF slows SD40-2s.
28 Passenger
Post 9-11 security at U.S. borders frustrates Amtrak.
30 City Rail
Seattle's troubled transit; Vermont loves Champlain Flyer.
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editors
So much for air travel; it's ruined
7 Railway Post Office
Prescription for Amtrak; Alfred Perlman; Luxury West.
68 Railroad Reading
How CSX got its name; "Drivin' in" on the Chicago & North Western; Baldwin's loss was Great Britain's gain.
76 Ask Trains
Center-beam flatcars; busiest commuter branches in U.S.?
80 Preservation
2-8-0s being restored; UP donates SDs; close Climaxes.
84 New Products Books, maps, and atlases.
94 Hot Shots
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