Trains March 2013

Back in Black
By Jim Wrinn
How Norfolk Southern embraced the iron horse once more

Nocturnal Roll-by
By Scott Lothes
In the predawn darkness in Oregon, a Union Pacific southbound manifest’s conductor inspects a northbound intermodal’s progress

Smoke on the Water
By Mark A. Perry
Vintage diesels keep Winnipeg’s drinking water clean and available

Railroading Below Sea Level
By Elrond Lawrence
Tracking the past, present, and future of California’s Salton Sea

Map of the Month: Virginia's Tidewater Coal Ports
By Bill Metzger
Railroads of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News in 1954 and 2012

Letting the Cat out of the Bag
By Chris Guss and Jim Wrinn
An SD70ACe in yellow highlights EMD’s role in the Caterpillar family