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Table of Contents
- Welcome Go ride a train 4
- Head End A potpourri of railroad history, then and now 5
- Fast Mail Letters from readers on 12
- Mileposts Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe 14
- True Color Union Pacific mixed in Nebraska 18
- Circle Trip to the West Coast 20
- Sequence Santa Fe's Grand Canyon on Raton Pass 38
- A Banquet of 40
- Brief Encounters SCOTT LOTHES 48
- Chicago & North 62
- Short Rails Chattahoochee Valley Railway 64
- Classics Today Classic train journeys with a modern twist 66
- Looking Back 'Pals through the years' 75
In This Issue
Circle Trip to the West Coast
Late in the passenger-train era, a young West Virginian finds fascinating variety on several Western railroads
Cab Ride on IC’s Racetrack 1963
This City of New Orleans adventure was part of a one-day Midwest circle trip that included the Wabash Cannon Ball and Pennsy’s South Wind
A Banquet of Passenger Trains
A U.S.-Canada circle trip was a deep dive into railroading, 1977 style
Brief Encounters
Photos from the trains Wallace W. Abbey rode
By Train to Hay River
A once-in-a-lifetime trip over the Northern Alberta Railways and the Great Slave Lake Railway
Chicago & North Western’s bilevel Flambeau 400
Passengers enjoyed top service between to northern Wisconsin on distinctive bilevel equipment
