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Trains Magazine 2004 January Overrated Who needs freight cars PRR in PA 1960s
Trains Vol 64 No 1 January 2004
Table of Contents
COVER STORY
32 Overrated/Underrated
Why does the engineer get all the attention? From presidents to paint schemes, our panel of experts weighs in on railroading's winners, losers, heroes, and legends.
FEATURES
44 My life at Summit: Part 1
Steam, diesel, passenger trains, lovely mountain scenery: Who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to see this at work every day? Just one catch: it's in the middle of nowhere. Chard Walker
56 Map of the Month: BNSF's carload network
The hub-and-spoke system that routes airline passengers is also the most efficient way to sort carload freight, as our map shows.
58 Risky business
Freight cars once proudly bore the names of railroads; today, they sport little more than a few initials. What changed? Tom Murray
66 Railroad Blueprint: Northumberland, Pa.
This out-of-the-way yard in Pennsylvania Railroad's home state was a last stop for mechanical curiosities. William Volkmer
NEWS
12 Railroad News & Photos
Canadian National buys steel roads DM&IR, B&LE
16 Don Phillips
Another mayear in Congress
20 Larry Kaufman
Why reregulation should die, but won't
24 Locomotives
Cure for mid-life crisis: the heavy rebuild
28 Passenger
Padded schedules won't make trains run on time
30 City Rail
Trolleys and light-rail: same thing, different package
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