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January 2024

The January 2024 issue of Trains Magazine.

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In this Issue

Brightline’s milestone moment

Launch of passenger service to Orlando is a significant achievement — and opens the door to new challenges

Canadian National’s Chicago advantage

The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern line around the Windy City is key to a new premium freight service

24 hours at Trout Creek

Follow along for 24 hours of BNSF’s overhead trains operating on the Montana Rail Link

Best of Trains: Quebec, North Shore & Labrador

Chopper in for a ride on this enigmatic, innovative, and isolat-ed railroad

Gallery

Winter railroading images captured by Trains readers

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Trains.com, p. 4

  • Guide to the latest railroad content on the web

News, p. 6

  • Exclusive interview with Union Pacific’s CEO Jim Vena, and Amtrak’s Airo prototype

Bill Stephens, p. 11

  • Regulatory overkill stunts proposed rail project

Preservation, p. 48

  • Durango & Silverton’s K-28 Mikados mark a century of service

Travel, p. 52

  • Amtrak’s Auto Train is North America’s most unusual passenger train