Trains March 2012

Cover Story: The Spirit of Cumberland
By John P. Hankey
At CSX Transportation's historic locomotive shop, computer monitors are as commonplace as hammers

Shane meet Bill, Bill meet Shane
By Jim Wrinn
Two men who never met share a knowledge of and passion for steam, and a similar stance during their engines' care

Map of the Month: Boston Commuter Trains: 1954 and 2011
By Matt Van Hattem
See how service has grown in one of America's earliest commuter hubs

Funky Freights
By Andy Cummings, Mike Harbour, and Thomas J. Nanos
America's railroads don't haul just coal, grain, and containers. Check out these weird shipments on steel rails

Too Late for the Party
By Kevin P. Keefe
In summer 1971, three young guys went looking for the last traces of authentic steam in the East

4:26 a.m.
By Andy Cummings
After four hours of driving through darkness, a colorful palette of summer hues greets a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern train's crew

Not your great-grandpa's Santa Fe
By John Ross Hart
A dad recreates a Santa Fe passenger trip he took with his grandpa in 1962