TRAINS April 2002

Exploring Washington's railroads: Part 1 - The wet West. Writer/photographer Benjamin Bachman squishes through dripping forests, tramps the waterfronts, climbs mountains, splashes through the surf, scrambles over logs, and most of all, gets soaked. ;

Eureka! 19th-century jewel. This diminutive wood-fired 4-4-0 is arguably the most beautiful locomotive in America that still runs. ;

Canadian Pacific in NYC. New York's a tough town for an upstart. Find out why while riding a freight over Hell Gate Bridge. ;

Chessie takes to the air. When C&O decided that time trumped style, out went its office cars and in came the DC-3.