Trains April 2016

The wide world of Watco
By David C. Lester
From a kitchen table to 35 railroads, 4,500 miles, and 500,000 carloads

Timber Rock's rocky road
By Jeffrey A. Harwell
The East Texas short line with an uncertain past and future

Map of the Month
By Bill Metzger
See all of the westbound through passenger-service options in October 1940

Boxcars still matter
By Roy Blanchard
How to make boxcars pay their way and make customers smile in the bargain

Winning with a stacked deck
By Nikos Kavoori
Georgia railroads find short-haul intermodal success

Reinvention
By Scott A. Hartley
The key to Providence & Worcester’s success

In My Own Words: Wake up!
By Adrian Telizyn
Finding a functioning crew is no easy feat on BC Rail in the 1980s