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Trains Magazine 2005 February Fixing an empire Caltrain speeding bullets
Trains 2005 February
30 Rising Phoenix .. on a winged shield
How the Union Pacific stumbled, again, is an interesting story. How it is coming back is a better one. Fred W. Frailey
FEATURES
44 Royal train
Four days of luxury travel aboard the Royal Canadian Pacific, in the style of heads of state, makes it difficult to return to reality Mark W. Hemphill
52 Caltrain's commuter choreography
Express trains and four-track main lines are common in the East. But for Bay Area commuters, Caltrain's new Baby Bullet expresses are a big deal. No wonder riders are loving it. Bob Johnston
60 Map of the Month: ACL+SAL merger study
"The new railroad is here," announced the Seaboard Coast Line in 1967 - a merger 10 years in the making. Its underlying philosophy: Move the tonnage where tonnage could move most directly.
NEWS
8 Railroad News & Photos
Freight-car orders rise in 2004; CP lands more bridge traffic
14 Don Phillips
Lessons for U.S. passenger rail from British Rail
20 Mark W. Hemphill
Why train crews still don't know when they'll work
22 Locomotives
Former Amtrak F40s find new life in freight service
24 Passenger
Cutting the Three Rivers may save other Amtrak trains
28 City Rail
Washington, D.C. Metro budget situation improves
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 Railway Post Office
62 Railroad Reading
1'4 Ask Trains
76 Preservation
78 New Products
84 Gallery
90 Once upon a time in TRAINS
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