Trains July 2011

Amtrak's Critical Turns
By Bob Johnston
On its 40th anniversary, the biggest changes Amtrak might face could be just around the bend

Map of the Month: Washington State Railroads
By Ed Berntsen
Northern Pacific's view of railroads in the Pacific Northwest

For Profit But Without Profit
By Michael T. Burkhart
Thrift has kept Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern in business for nearly five decades

2010 Trains Photo Contest Winners
See which of our readers' favorite photos were also our favorites

Moving Trash by Train
By Dan Machalaba
'Urban ore' fills train after train in the 21st century

Middletown & New Jersey's time to change
By Keane Maher
New owner quadruples the size of a once-sleepy short line

In My Own Words: Freights Make Haste
By Don Richardson
A Southwest Chief engineer relishes in a trainmaster's scolding of a Santa Fe freight crew