Trains September 2017

Map of the Month: Conrail, 1980 to 1999
By Bill Metzger and Brian Schmidt
Decades of change on Big Blue reshaped the Northeast’s rail map

Rhythm of the rails
By Kevin P. Keefe
American roots music grew up along the tracks, and its heart was in Mississippi

Writing of "City of New Orleans"
By Craig Sanders
The short trip that led to a long-lasting train song

'Mardi Gras' parties on
By Ed Ellis
The life and times of America’s Club Car is immortalized in a song

The rock and roll railroad
By Steve Glischinski
D & I Railroad keeps rocking after 37 years

Divine will
By Ed King
You have no idea of the things we have to do and say sometimes just to keep the wheels rolling

In My Own Words: The circus comes to town
By Brooks A. Bentz
An assistant trainmaster meets elephants and polar bears