Trains November 2016

Transcon mergers
By Bill Stephens
Boon or boondoggle for the rail industry?

Train time at Summit
By Robert W. Scott
A Portland & Western Railroad Toledo Hauler reaches level track with six units and 39 loaded cars

Map of the Month: Grade-crossing accidents, 2015
By Rick Johnson
A state-by-state look at data for incidents, injuries, and fatalities

‘Mississippi’ revealing
By Jim Wrinn
Is this 0-4-0 the oldest conventional American locomotive?

West end will-o’-the-wisps
By Robert S. Butler
Orbs of light morph into ghost-like locomotives on a foggy morning in an Ohio freight yard

Rewriting the playbook
By Bob Johnston
Privately funded Brightline service aims to change passenger rail starting in 2017

Trip with a capital T
By Kenneth L Hojnacki
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

In My Own Words: They don’t train them like they used to
By Charles H. Geletzke
Two experienced railroaders move a train out of a tunnel