Trains April 2015

Daring to be different
By Roy Blanchard
Genesee & Wyoming uses time and money to transform its new Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern

Holding back the years
By David E. Baer
Aging diesels keep tiny Kiski Junction Railroad in motion

Sinking and lurching
By Paul Baumgartner
The unbelievable happens when a train hits a washout

Five new facts to know about crude by rail
By Fred W. Frailey
The game is changing by the day

Traffic hangover
By Jeffrey A. Harwell
Farmrail rides waves of crude oil and grain in Oklahoma

Map of the Month: Erie, Pa., then and now
By Bill Metzger
This Great Lakes port boasts of history and GE locomotives

Nord Pride
By Steve Glischinski
Minnesota's St. Croix Valley Railroad revives a famous emblem

In my own words: Inside the furnace
By Kevin N. Tomasic
The trains are short and move slow, doing century-old work inside a steel plant