TRAINS April 2008

Railroads in the Streets- Running freight trains down the middle of a street seems absurd now, but it made sense when the tracks were laid. Learn where and why railroads ran in the streets ... in the past as well as the present Aaron Isaacs. Scranton's Tangled Steel Web-This northeastern Pennsylvania railroad center was a maze of tracks - as this 1939 map shows Dave Crosby and Bill Metzger. Trains/Canon Photo Contest 2007-This year we asked you to "Think Small" and you gave us great images. Check out our choices, and start planning for next year's contest. Crossroads of New England-With five railroads and 5,000 people, could White River Junction, Vt., be the best-served railroad town in America? Charles W. Bohi. Railroad Reading-The last of its kind: Snowden Bridge still stands proud as one of Montana's greatest engineering feats Chester Wesman. Gallery-Wisconsin Central SD45s lead an ore train near Stevens Point, Wis, in 1995- Photographer Ray Weart.