TRAINS August 2005

Oregon's Shortline Survivor
The Port of Tillamook Bay lives to haul lumber, logs, and livestock feed across one of the toughest mountain railroads of the Pacific Northwest.

Railroad Blueprint: Bound Brook, N.J., 2005
Quiet moments are few and far between in this Gotham suburb where five railroads meet on three parallel lines.

Hard Traveling
Lewis and Clark, railroads, and the American West.

Didja Bring One With Ya?
Weaving Amtrak through the all-stops commuter trains and freights was never easy.

Grand Forks 25 Years Later
A one-time BN brakeman returns to North Dakota and learns it really is better working for the railroad now.

Map of the Month: L&N Coal Mines in 1966
During the 1960s, the Louisville & Nashville began moving coal in unit trains, and set itself up for its heaviest period of coal traffic.

Plus expert analysis covering every aspect of railroading.

Railroad News & Photos: Canadian Pacific invests in western capacity improvements.

Don Phillips: General Motors has sold EMD but will always be known as the firm that changed railroading in spite of itself.

Locomotives: David Lustig tracks down the units he sought 30 years ago in Arizona.

Passenger: Its Acelas sidelined, Amtrak brings back Metroliners.

City Rail: New Jersey Transit offers photographers a permit.

Preservation: To rebuild or reboiler? That is the question more museums and tourist lines are asking.