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From the Editor

Trains

Congressional action set to impose settlement, block rail strike • House acts quickly after Biden calls for legislation to enact tentative agreement

Union Pacific, BLET try crew scheduling experiment • Program aims to provide more predictability for engineer work schedules

Norfolk Southern to pay $1.6 billion to buy line from Cincinnati

Mediation leads to deal in STB’s Amtrak Gulf Coast case • Parties offer no details on 11th-hour agreement, indicate it will take months to finalize details

CP’s hydrogen locomotive makes first revenue run • Experimental fuel-cell unit, converted SD40-2F, makes freight-hauling debut in Alberta

NEWS PHOTOS

The shortsighted view of long trains • Why ‘no-fitters’ make no sense

Irish lessons in train travel • Clean, frequent, and comfortable trains equal great ridership

OWNEY the Railway Mail Service DOG • Mascot racked up 143,000 miles aboard Post Office mail cars

WORKING FROM HOME FOR 71 YEARS

THREE GENERATIONS of railroading • How the Central Indiana & Western Railroad thrives under the Brown family

DAY ALONG THE CI&W

WHEN LITTLE TRAINS MADE BIG TRAINS • Huge volumes of southwest Virginia coal forced Southern Railway to innovate

Pushed off the mountain • A farewell to SD40Es in helper service

OSCAR SPEAR TEACHES ME A VALUABLE LESSON • Watch the signals, even if you are sitting on them

NEVADA NORTHERN THROWS A PARTY • The steam-powered landmark railway celebrates 35 years

Strasburg’s No. 475 back in service • Repair work on former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 is completed in only five days

New Jersey commuter locomotive to operate again • U34CH was at the roots of today’s Jersey-style commuter trains

AIRS group has big plans for a little steam engine • Operational restoration of 1913 Baldwin underway

PRESERVATION PHOTOS

Hot spot: Muncie, Ind. • Unique diamond arrangement offers interesting viewing of CSX, Norfolk Southern

Q Was EMD’s BL2 model used for freight, passenger, or both?

GALLERY: AUGUST VanCLEAVE