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Trains Magazine 2002 November Canadian National World's best Railroad Ted Rose p
Trains Vol 62 No 11 November 2002
Table of Contents
FEATURES
32 World's best railroad: Canadian National (how'd that happen)
46 Texans in trains
Who'd have thought that Dallas-Fort Worth commuters would trade their pickups for trains? G. Mac Sebree
50 Ted Rose's forgotten West
Artist Ted Rose saw the beauty and isolation of the Great Plains. Here's our tribute to him. Mark W. Hemphill
60 Steel and railroads: partners no more
Were there ever two industries more married than steel and railroads? Here's why they're growing apart. Bill Stephens
70 Map of the Month: Steel in the U.S. and Canada
Integrated steel mills, minimills, pellet plants, and coke plants: where they are in relation to main lines.
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos
Just when 4mtrak thought the worst was over, its highspeed Acela Express starts cracking. Plus: Genesee & Wyoming buys Utah Railway.
15 Don Phillips: Potomac Pundit
Railroad security: there's only so much you can do
19 Larry Kaufman: Industry Insider
Corporate scandals? Railroads have no time for them
24 Locomotives
A.C. traction for passenger locomotives is finally coming of age. It only took a decade!
28 Passenger
Postcards from the center of the continent
30 City Rail
Diesel power for light-rail
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor Plastic toy cars from China
8 Railway Post Office
Trackside Guides, 4mtrak, the railroad lifestyle
72 Railroad Reading
Mussolini's railways before the bombs fell
86 Ask TRAINS
Why railroads don't need tunnel motors anymore
90 Preservation
Buffalo Central Terminal: derelict, but there's hope
94 New Products
Recommended reading: The Early Zephyrs
102 Hot Shots
Photo of the month: KCS sunset in Texas
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