TRAINS October 2004

BNSF Reborn: Same track, same trains, a new way to run them.
Behold the Transcon: Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s route to prosperity and laboratory for the 21st century railroad.

Mississippi Mudlark
When the monsoon hits, its hard to tell the locomotives from the muddy landscape — even in a Ted Rose painting.

Returning to the Rails
Charlotte, N.C., prepares to launch commuter light-rail service on a former Southern Railway line.

Long Night in Chicago
A last-minute call, a busy tower, headlights staring at me from every direction … my worst night on the railroad.

The Age of Innocence
New York City was a train-watcher’s paradise in the 1960s, and this musician explored it all, with camera in hand.

Map of the Month: Union Pacific predecessors
The biggest of the biggest grew tremendously since deregulation. We map the fallen flags that formed today’s 33,000-mile system.

Plus expert analysis covering every aspect of railroading.

Railroad News & Photos: CPR finds a new route to Chicago — on NS.

Don Phillips: Don will continue to write for Trains, but his column title rides into the distance as he accepts a new job in Paris.

Mark W. Hemphill: The sour smell of success: The regulator is dead, the business makes money, and why that may not make you happy.

Locomotives: RailPower has come a long way in three years.

Passenger Rail: Searching for bargains on Amtrak and VIA Rail.

City Rail: Port Authority Trans-Hudson inks a $809 million deal to replace or rehabilitate entire car fleet.

Preservation: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum moves into new streetcar barn.