Trains February 2013

Inside America's Newest Roundhouse
By Kevin P. Keefe
Ohio Central’s Jerry Joe Jacobson builds a private home for his steam stable

Passenger Trains Where Roads Don't Go
By Bob Johnston
In remote pockets of Ontario and Quebec, wide-ranging services provide a lifeline to the rest of Canada

Map of the Month: Heart of the Water Level Route
By Bill Metzger
CSX and Amtrak keep Vanderbilt’s Albany-Utica, N.Y., trackage humming

Ageless Grand Central Kicks Off Its Second Century
By Karl Zimmermann
America’s grandest railroad space is busier, and more wondrous, than ever

InnoTrans: The World's Greatest Railroad Show
By Jim Wrinn
Part showroom, part circus, all business

Difference of Decades: City of the Big Shoulders
By Paul Hoffmann
A lot has changed at Lake Street Tower in Chicago

In My Own Words: In the Hole
By Paul Baumgartner
A lot of things didn’t work on Michigan Northern’s old Alco, but the alarm bell sure did