Trains June 2015

Thoroughbred's new Keystone
By Al DiCenso
Harrisburg, Pa., vies with Chicago, Atlanta as a top Norfolk Southern hub
 
Santa Fe encore
A 1980 trip aboard Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited and a chance meeting reinvigorate a magical boyhood trip on the Super Chief
 
High standards
By Bruce H. Bird
A simple three-digit-wide plate is the obvious solution to signify a speed restriction in triple digits
 
Following the Golden Spike
By Drake Hokanson
One man's pursuit of the ghosts of the original transcontinental railroad

Lincoln Funeral Car revival
By Elfrieda Abbe
An Illinois man recreates a lost piece of American history

Drama at Davis
By Frank Tatnall
A carnival train and a Metroliner make music in the Northeast Corridor
 
In My Own Words: Fueled by bad intentions
By Doug Riddell
Amtrak's Palmetto keeps running out of gas, but why?