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Trains Magazine 2004 December Fierld of dreams SP LEttuce empire Today's rail
Trains Vol 64 No 12 December 2004
Table of Contents
COVER STORY
32 Field of dreams
Perishable trains from the Salinas Valley were once a Southern Pacific hallmark. Can Union Pacific bring them back? Elrond Lawrence
FEATURES
44 Lima Louie
For Lima Locomotive Works photographer Louis Thouvenin, Saturday was a busman's holiday John B. Corns
50 Ribbons of steel
To cope with heavier trains and more traffic, rail is getting bigger and better - and some of it is made in Japan Tom Murray
58 Railroad Blueprint: Walla Walla Valley, 1968
Twilight of a former interurban in produce country Blair Kooistra and Marc Entze
70 Map of the Month: Branded passenger trains
From the Chiefs to the Rockets, branded trains promised consistent service. We map America's brand-name passenger fleets.
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos Amtrak exits Mail & Express business
18 Don Phillips
Half of railroading made a truly wise decision
24 Mark Hemphill
You only get what you pay for
26 Locomotives
It's compliant: the SD7OM becomes a "Dash 2"
28 Passenger
Trains are running faster in Amtrak's winter timetable
30 City Rail
San Francisco's Muni strains under crushing popularity
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