TRAINS July 2006

The Prize
How three railroad leaders set the stage for CSX and Norfolk Southern to wage a fierce bidding war for Conrail.

Experience counts aboard the Ocean
On its Montreal-Halifax route, VIA Rail Canada is transforming what a passenger train can be.

Louisville’s latest slugger
The Louisville & Indiana Railroad has faced adversity but keeps on swinging.

The ties that bind
Learning about trackwork, and railroaders, on the Grand Trunk Western in 1979.

Artrain USA
The gallery on wheels.

Map of the Month: Canada’s grain network
From a 1935 peak of nearly 20,000 miles, Canada’s grain-gathering rail lines have evolved.

Railroad News & Photos: Conrail, 30 years later; rethinking regulation.

Don Phillips: In Europe, it isn’t the train; it’s the scenery.

Tom Murray: Can’t railroads and their customers just get along?

Technology: LORAM’s unusual machines grind the rails.

Locomotives: Why Metrolink bought and sold SD60s.

Passenger: New station platform standards draw scrutiny.

City Rail: DMUs arrive as Florida Tri-Rail is poised for growth.

Fantrip:GPS helps you find the trains

Preservation: Big Chinese steam is headed to the heartland.