Trains October 2012

Cover Story: Conrail Lives!
By Fred W. Frailey
How it serves two masters in three big cities, while staying mostly out of sight

The Ghosts of Railroading
By Alexander B. Craghead
Check out a few relics of railroads that the Grim Reaper missed along the Pacific Northwest landscape

Map of the Month: Missouri Pacific Tons and Facilities, 1956
By Matt Van Hattem and Bill Metzger
See how traffic moved across MP’s 11,000-mile system

The Last Logger, Eh?
By Leo de Groot
One Canadian short line still hauls logs through the lush mountains and rainforests of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island

That Darn Rabbit
By Jim Wrinn
On Norfolk Southern’s mountainous Murphy Branch, train crews never know what may pop out of the underbrush

Night on Ballard Terminal
By Robert W. Scott
A short line prowls a neighborhood’s streets with a 72-year-old SW1

When the Boss Needs Something to Eat
By Michael E. McGinley
On the SP, a hi-rail and boxes of chicken replaced an office car and a lavish dinner