TRAINS September 2002

TRAINS Trackside Guide: Cincinnati - Our first in a series of pull-out guides to North America’s busiest rail hubs. It’s all here — with maps, train frequencies, local and through-freight operations, passenger trains, yards, and more! The data you need to help you untangle railroads in key gateway cities. First stop: Cincinnati.


Hard lessons - “The second-best day of my life was the day I hired out on the railroad. The best day was when I quit.”


Exclusive interview: David Gunn - Amtrak’s new boss talks bluntly about what it will take for his railroad to succeed — and how he intends to do it.


Our railroad in Panama - Would you buy a railroad that parallels the Panama Canal? Kansas City Southern bought in, and thinks it has a good deal.


Ma & Pa - If Norman Rockwell owned a railroad, it would have been the Maryland & Pennsylvania. Discover why in our gallery of photos.


Map of the Month: Main lines of North America - Here’s where the freight is. A graphic depiction of the routes in U.S. and Canada that matter the most.