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From the Editor

‘Behind Big Skies & Iron Rails’

Norfolk Southern, Shaw come out ahead in proxy fight • Ancora bid for control fails, but lands three on railroad’s board of directors

Amtrak adds second Chicago-St. Paul round trip • New state-supported Borealis service finds immediate public support

NEWS BRIEFS • Three railroads sue to block STB’s reciprocal switching rule

BNSF and J.B. Hunt try a Quantum leap • New premium intermodal service aims at untapped market

A half-century of New England high speed rail

By RDC to THE GREAT LONE LAND • 600 miles on VIA’s last Budd Cars

The Promise of Silvis • The largest 21st century steam restoration project is happening in Illinois

Small but mighty • Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc., keeps busy serving industrial customers

Rails to the sky • A summer of firing on West Virginia’s Cass Scenic Railroad

U.S. 460 ACROSS VIRGINIA • A 225-mile adventure along the former Norfolk & Western mixes rail and non-rail attractions

Traveling through time • Museums are fascinating windows into the past, present, and future

C&NWHS opens new archive facility • New building located on the Illinois Railway Museum grounds

The life of Pay Car F

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