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Trains

Canadian high speed rail moves forward • Government commits $3.9 billion more to plan Toronto-Quebec City project

FRA study sees dual-mode freight locomotives aiding electrification • Converting current locomotives could cut cost; AAR calls electrification ‘unviable’

New administration brings rail industry changes • Flurry of moves in first month include new DOT criteria to award grants

East Broad Top adds diesel • Locomotive from Durango & Silverton adds operating flexibility

Amtrak nixed Miami station move over costs • Estimates foresaw $5 million in additional expenses from shift to airport facility

NEWS PHOTO

CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs is on a mission • He truly believes boosting morale will improve service and lead to growth, but skepticism abounds

Cataloging connections • The seven tribes of Train World

The final ballad • CSX’s Big Sandy Subdivision is the last holdout for US&S C&O cantilever signals

Passage interference • Amtrak and freight railroads square off over how passenger trains should be dispatched

Massachusetts survivor • The 122-year-old Fore River Railroad thrives

Hot spot: Winlock, Wash. • The roosters, the egg, and the trains

Growing up with UP passenger trains • I thought Bill Russell served my hamburger

Make the most of an extended trip • Smile when your train runs late

Alaska Railroad gold spike returning to the last frontier • Museum and municipality combine to purchase spike at auction

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In the June issue • Last trains from Grand Central

GALLERY: AUSTIN MACDOUGALL