TRAINS September 2007

Cover story
MILW 261: The Energizer Bunny of Steam!
How the big 4-8-4 polishes the main line year after year.
Steve Glischinski

Perlman's Seventies Success
After leaving a tattered Penn Central, Alfred Perlman showed the industry what he could do by turning around the Western Pacific.
Rush Loving Jr.

Map of the Month: Tennessee's Railroads, 1949 / 2007
None of the railroad names from 1949 survive, but many important routes still remain in service.
Ralcon Wagner

Facing the Future
Chattanooga-based Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum looks toward the future with a new mantra: 'Go big, or go home.'
Jim Wrinn

Railroading in the Woods and Lakes, One Car at a Time
Finger Lakes Railway fights to win business in Upstate New York.
Karl Zimmermann

Railroad Reading
My life on 611: I was lucky - very lucky to get experiences like few others had with Norfolk Southern's steam program.
Cheri George

Gallery
Canadian National near Chicago at night, Southern Railway F units in Tennessee, and BNSF in storm light in Williams Junction, Ariz.
Various photographers