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Trains

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Vena named as Union Pacific CEO • Former operating officer succeeds Fritz; railroad splits off president, chair positions

FRA seeks data on train length and tonnage from Class I roads • Information would be used to study safety impact

UP will compare conductors, ground-based jobs • Test, similar to pilot scuttled earlier by union, set to begin in Nebraska, Colorado

Chicago’s Metra to operate intercity trains to Rockford, Ill. • Illinois to fund improvements, cover operating costs

Fixes

NEWS BRIEFS • STB opens investigation into Sunset Limited timekeeping

CPKC-CSX deal realizes Mike Haverty’s vision • Former CEO tried to tie KCS and CSX together more than 20 years ago

SPIDERS AND STARLIGHT

THE STRASBURG RAIL ROAD • Passengers still come first, but the company is flexing its freight muscles

A census of American locomotives • Can 29,518 units be exemplified by one? Yes

INTERMODAL WAR IN THE WEST • Competition between UP and BNSF heats up while their intermodal customers target trucks

LOOK BOTH WAYS, THEN LOOK AGAIN • Filling in for a supervisor gave one MOW worker a brush with death … and a GG1

My time working in ‘railfan heaven’ • A gift of timetables leads to time as a train schedule planner

‘Shay it Forward’ fundraiser at Illinois Railway Museum honors Wrinn • Preservation event is first in a series planned to honor the late Trains editor

Final Spike Steam Tour planned for railroad’s first anniversary • CPKC steam excursion to travel in Canada, US, Mexico

Merrill (Wis.) Historical Society donates railroad library assets to National Railroad Museum • Pandemic and staffing issues forced the library’s closure

Pack your wanderlust • The thrill of traveling by train involves never knowing what adventures lie ahead

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