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From the Editor

Trains

STB orders railroads to resubmit service plans • Regulators also grant shipper’s emergency order, allow Amtrak to see freight data

Four killed as Southwest Chief derails • Cars overturn after train strikes truck; 150 injured

NS, Metra, and NIMBYs question CP-KCS merger plans • Filings say traffic projections would hurt service on Meridian Speedway, for Chicago-area commuters

BNSF enacts embargo to address Southern Transcon congestion • Crew shortages, weather, clogged Chicago intermodal terminals lead to permit requirement for some traffic

How Wall Street holds railroads hostage • Focus on operating ratio hurts service, limits growth

A half century of railroad photography • Technology brings change to the art of capturing an image; film and digital photos both have a place

DEEPER THAN THE RIVERS • Railroading in northeastern Missouri and west-central Illinois

A READING STEAM REVIVAL • Thanks to Andy Muller and his Reading & Northern, No. 2102 is back to doing what it does best

A SHORT LINE LIKE NO OTHER • Pacific Harbor Line keeps traffic moving at North America’s biggest port complex

BRIGHTLINE’S BIG BUILD • New tracks to Orlando, upgrades to FEC, maintenance facility continue taking shape

REBUILDING FOR RELIABILITY

TO THEME PARKS AND BEYOND

They were nice white pants • An unfortunate encounter with steam railroading at its finest

The doctor is waiting to see you • After 2½ years of work, unique hospital car restored, exhibited

Hot spot: Fort Montgomery, N.Y. • Small town with big train action along the mighty Hudson

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