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Trains

Key questions remain after NTSB hearing on East Palestine • Decision to burn chemicals, car-inspection practices scrutinized in two-day event

Brightline celebrates end of construction • ‘Bright Spike’ event marks readiness of Orlando route

Bridge ruling could disrupt rail service • Drawbridge plan disregards Brightline schedules

Chicago-St. Louis Amtrak trains begin 110-mph operation • Long-awaited higher speeds cut 30 minutes from original Lincoln Service schedules

NEWS BRIEFS • Industry groups sue over California locomotive emission rules

Regulations threaten California’s short lines • Locomotive tax and looming ban on older power will be a large burden for small railroads

Historical features: Travel back in time to learn more about railroading

THIS ONE’S FOR JDI

BEHIND THE BADGE • On patrol with Amtrak’s canine law-enforcement officers

AMTRAK’S NO. 1 CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY CHOICE…

PERSON SCREENING DOGS

A GLIMPSE INTO THE TSA’S NATIONAL EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE PROGRAM

GREASING THE SKIDS FOR ALASKA OIL • A young bureaucrat learns how Washington really works as he fights to ensure the Alaska Railroad can support pipeline construction

The Alaska Railroad in Valdez

Alaska, the economy, and the railroad: then and now

Barley a dull moment in Forestburg • The story of grain, a small town, and its railroad

What’s the problem up there, Union? • On working first trick at BN’s Chicago funnel

Riding a Yellowstone with new friends • They had just met, but found themselves riding a big DM&IR locomotive together

Down by the Seashore • Seashore Trolley Museum is ‘The World’s First and Largest Museum of Mass Transit’

Museum of the American Railroad focusing on mission fulfillment • A new train pavilion is the next phase of the plan for Frisco, Texas, facility

The ‘Terrible Trolley’ comes home to Pennsylvania • PCC car will be restored to Steelers football team colors

N&W No. 611 heads home; first all-female engine crew on Durango & Silverton

GALLERY: WAYLON MOORE