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Trains Magazine 2004 May The Big train Fast freight Railroaders World's longest
Trains Vol 64 No 5 May 2004
Table of Contents
COVER STORY >
24 Big Train
Every railroad has one: the top-priority, see no-red-signals hotshot. It's the symbol of everything a railroad is supposed to be. Even the Rock Island had one. Edward Brunner
FEATURES
40 Inside the world's longest tunnel
Strap on a hardhat and venture into Switzerland's new 35-mile railroad tunnel through the Alps. And guess who's paying for it? Trucks! Armin Schmutz
50 Map of the Month: BNSF crew districts
More than lines on a map, a railroad is people. Here's where they go to work, where they lay over, and the tangled routes in between.
52 Railroad Blueprint: St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1980
In a land of junctions and railroad towns, this was the place where time stood still, even if the railroads didn't. Ben Bachman
INSERT 2004 Guide to Recreational Railroading
Your travel source for tourist lines, railroad museums, dinner trains, and other rail attractions. Take it with you everywhere!
NEWS
8 Railroad News & Photos
Amtrak again is getting less than it needs. Will Gunn shut it down?
12 Don Phillips
The promise of rail shines bright in China. Where is the U.S.?
16 Larry Kaufman
Intermodal is the money-machine railroads have long looked for.
18 Locomotives
General Electric's new D.C. units go into the field on NS.
20 Passenger
A log can cross the border without changing trains, but you can't.
22 City Rail
Fare hike during a scandal? Washington Metro is hopeful.
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