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TRAINS IS THE #1 MAGAZINE AMONG RAILROAD ENTHUSIASTS! EACH ISSUE IS PACKED WITH PROBING FEATURES, RAILROAD NEWS, EXPERT COMMENTARY, CUTTING-EDGE INDUSTRY REPORTS, DETAILED MAPS AND SPECTACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY COVERING RAILROADING’S INFLUENTIAL HISTORY AND EXCITING FUTURE.

A really big adventure • Visit to Horseshoe Curve highlights final stages of Big Boy’s eastern trip

A rare meet: Steam tractor and Big Boy • The sound-off included a whistle from a Pennsy K4s and No. 4014’s steamboat

UP, CN reach merger-related deals • CN drops opposition to UP-NS combo after gaining Midwest and Mexico access; UP wins rights over CN’s former EJ&E Chicago bypass route

Ed King, celebrated Trains author, dies at 90 • Prolific writer worked for railroads including N&W, SCL, Rock Island, CNW, CP

Colorado’s CoCo outlines plans for launch • Denver-Fort Collins service could begin in 2029, with Amtrak as operator

Arrivals & Departures • President takes a ride on BNSF

Alameda Belt Line preparing to serve LA ports • If approved, BNSF-UP venture would replace current operator Pacific Harbor Line

News Photos

Court case slows BNSF’s Barstow plan • BANANAs — the Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone crowd — stand in the way of a worthwhile project

Eliminating interchanges won’t fix the industry’s ills • Don’t confuse interchange with switching

NC&StL No. 576 passes initial steam test • Locomotive fired for first time in more than 70 years

B&O Railroad Museum changes name, focus • National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation will explore railroading’s “past, present [and] the possible”

Remembering Mitch Markovitz — railroader, artist • His paintings transcend the railroad art genre

New York state of mind

Still the Empire State • New York’s railroads are heavy on passenger, middling on freight, and long on legends

Selkirk and Syracuse • The hump yard near Albany and the intermodal block-swapping facility in central New York keep CSX traffic flowing in the Empire State

Building an empire • New York’s Empire Service moves close to 2 million passengers, but is capable of more

Construction zone • New York becomes a center for building passenger rail equipment

A crucible for great photography • New York imagery from the Center for Railroad Photography & Art collections

Western New York’s lakeshore lines • Following CSX, NS along Lake Erie via U.S. 20 and Route 5

Coming in November

Who is behind on the busiest U.S. route and why

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