Trains Magazine 2016 November Mergers ahead Amtra FL new passenger railroad
Trains Vol 76 No 11 November 2016
Table of Contents
24 COVER STORY mergers
Boon or boondoggle for the rail industry? Bill Stephens
34 Train time at Summit
A Portland & Western Railroad Toledo Hauler reaches level track with six units and 39 loaded cars Robert W. Scott
36 Map of the Month: Grade-crossing accidents, 2015
A state-by-state look at data for incidents, injuries, and fatalities Rick Johnson
38 'Mississippi' revealing
Is this 0-4-0 the oldest conventional American locomotive?
Jim Wrinn
44 West end will-o'-the-wisps
Orbs of light morph into ghost-like locomotives on a foggy morning in an Ohio freight yard
Robert S. Butler
46 Rewriting the playbook
Privately funded Brightline service aims to change passenger rail starting in 2017 Bob Johnston
54 Trip with a capital T
An epic railfan trip from New York to Chicago in 1968 included a cab ride, a steam engine, an all-access pass to a tower, and more
Kenneth L. Hojnacki
58 In My Own Words: They don't train them like they used to
Two experienced railroaders move a train out of a tunnel Charles H. Geletzke Jr.
ON THE COVER Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific units lead a westbound empty oil train on the Moffat Route near Tolland, Colo., on Sept. 5, 2015. Photo by John Crisanti
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