TRAINS March 2005

Seventies synchronicity
The '70s were the best of times and the worst.

An awful, beautiful life
Could Erie Lackawanna have done it differently?

That '70s Look: Penn Central

A million-dollar gathering
The story behind TRAINS' Bicentennial diesel shoot.

That '70s Look: Milwaukee Road

Stayin' alive! (steam, that is)
Despite dieselization, steam engines kept showing up.

That '70s Look: Chessie System

Assembling Amtrak
An overseas consultant believed the passenger railroad would overcome rumors and conflicting motives.

That '70s Map: Mainline Tonnage

That '70s Look: Burlington Northern

The Golden Empire came crashing down
How could Southern Pacific fall so fast?

That '70s Look: Delaware & Hudson

The Rock
A reporter sings the Rock Island blues.

The Conrail Bunch
Of Conrail and The Brady Bunch