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Trains Magazine 2005 July The merger puzzle Steamtown new approach Mainline stea
Trains Vol 65 No 7 July 2005
Table of Contents
COVER STORY
30 Analyzing the merger puzzle
How likely is a final round of mega-mergers? Let's look at the major railroads and assess the potential matches Michael W Blaszak
FEATURES
42 Steamtown's promise
Is the decade-old and federally funded museum's water sight glass half full or half empty? Ken Knelly
46 Take the throttle on mainline steam
The show in China may be over, but a program in Poland can put you in the driver's seat in revenue service Terry D. Thompson
54 Ghost of glory
I found the birthplace of America's railroad capital - and just in the nick of time Bob Bakus
62 Map of the Month: Northeast commuter trains
Every weekday, 3,170 trains of eight commuter railroads hustle people to destinations in the Northeast Matthew Van Hattem
64 Railroad Reading: On the rocks
Father-son chats help a first-year brakeman through his first derailment Doug Riddell
NEWS
10 Railroad News & Photos
UP on the mend; new twists to CSX's challenge to DC ban
16 Don Phillips
The European Union moves freight off trucks onto trains
24 Locomotives
MK1200Gs: Together again, and under one flag
26 Passenger
On VIA, a waning slice of railroad history: the open section
28 City Rail
St. Louis Metro expansion hits yet another snag
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