Description
Featured In this Issue
Mining success in anthracite country
An entrepreneurial owner builds castoff lines into a regional powerhouse
Finishing the job
Switzerland’s Lötschberg Base Tunnel, a major north-south route, finally gets OK for full buildout that will ease major congestion
Colorado Pacific: Thrice to the resuce
An historic route is saved as a contemporary short line
We got away with it
Unofficially “borrowing” trains — for science!
Gallery
Commuter rail action through the lenses of Trains Magazine readers
In every issue
News, p. 4
California drops zero-emission locomotive rule
Bill Stephens, p. 8
BNSF’s double-tracking persistence pays off
History with Hankey, p. 10
A railroad-themed float at a president’s inauguration
Great Railfan Roads, p. 42
Route 66 is the country’s greatest railfan road
Brian Solomon, p. 50
United Kingdom celebrates two centuries of railroading
Preservation, p. 52
Restoration of a Union Pacific dome-diner begins
