Trains August 2012

Cover Story: America Needs More Union Pacific
By Michael W. Blaszak
The biggest railroad in the country uses its size to play to its strengths

Map of the Month: All-Time Guide to Sherman Hill
By Bill Metzger
Union Pacific's first mountain railroad crests the Rockies

Transcontinental Transformation
By John P. Hankey
Behind Union Pacific are New England business savvy, Lincoln's pen stroke, and drama

Opportunity and Expertise
By Scott Lothes
The color photography of Wallace W. Abbey

Symphonic Railroading
By Scott Lothes
Hokkaido, Japan, hosts the perfect orchestra of freight and passenger train operations

In My Own Words: The Devil's on Top of the Details
By Walter H. Schuchmann
An assistant superintendent keeps watch until chaos strikes