Trains November 2020

Features

Railroads where you least expect them
By David Lustig
A selection of Class I railroads that strayed from their normal haunts

Rock Island rocks on
By Tishia Boggs
Iconic Midwestern grainger railroad is reborn as, of all things, a Mississippi short line

The big shift
By Bill Stephens
The impacts of the enlarged Panama Canal, precarious China trade, and the coronavirus pandemic shift favor to eastern carriers for traffic headed to the Midwest

Railroad Vision 2020: Intermodal challenges
By Larry Gross
Intermodal expert Larry Gross on the current situation

Canadian National's long reach
By John Godfrey
In our series on the transcontinental railroads, we look at the big northern carrier that now extends into the middle of America

In My Own Words: 'I don’t want you talking to the customer'
By Bert J Ruden
A railroader figures out how to get a car from point A to point B on a July 4 holiday

Gallery
Intermodal in motion: CSX Fs, Norfolk Southern RoadRailers, and more!