Trains August 2011

Iron Horses to Quarter Horses
By Jerry Dziedzic
Taking Union Pacific's Cheyenne Frontier Days train to the rodeo

Map of the Month: Cajon Pass as You've Never Seen It
By Bill Metzger
Your guide to the busiest U.S. railroad mountain crossing

Amtrak At Its Best (And Worst)
By Fred Frailey
Forty years into its existence, are Amtrak's trains really all they can be?

Baldwin's Jurassic Park
By Scott A. Hartley
SMS Rail Lines has amassed quirky, aging diesels to move freight

Shiny Rails of the Emerald Isle
By Andrew Dow
Ireland's railway resurgence, General Motors diesels, and broad gauge

Difference of Decades: Big Changes At A Big Yard
By Steve Bauer
In 70 years' time, Proviso Yard, and Chicago, have grown

In My Own Words: School's Out For Summer
By Curtis Brewer
A railroader recalls his idyllic youth as a railfan