TRAINS September 2008

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Cover story
The Magic of the Night Their techniques are similar even though their technology is decades removed. Still, the resulting photos lead us to ask: Is Gary Knapp the next O. Winston Link? You decide. Karl Zimmermann


Difference of Decades: General Electric Revisits the South Shore
Visit the Chicago South Shore & South Bend in 1972 and 2007. Greg McDonnell


Reunited
And in Berlin's new Central Station, it feels so good.
R. David Read


Map of the Month: Passenger Rail Service in 2050
To avoid a transportation crisis, we need to spend billions on rail. See why in this passenger rail companion to our May 2008 Map of the Month. Matt Van Hattem


The Road to Deregulation
As Congress considers re-regulating the railroad industry, it is time to review why the government deregulated it in the first place 28 years ago. Jim Giblin


Railroad Reading
Destruction of the Sunset Limited:
An assistant conductor recounts the deadliest Amtrak disaster of all time when his train plummeted into Big Bayou Canot in Alabama. Gary Farmer


Gallery CSX in Rochester, N.Y.; Amtrak's Pennsylvanian in Cassandra, Pa.; the Venice Simplon Orient-Express in Folkestone Harbour, Kent, U.K.; and crossover tracks near Chicago Union Station. Assorted Photographers