September 2024
The September 2024 issue of Trains Magazine.
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In this Issue
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NJ Transit’s Heritage locomotive wraps and colorful schemes
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Inside a quarter-century’s work to launch 110-mph Amtrak running in the Land of Lincoln
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Ex-Southern Pacific route to Placerville mixes freight, light rail, and two heritage lines
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Recalling a final passenger run on New York City’s West Side Freight Line
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Rule G and confronting the elephant in the room
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Explore the heart of the Windy City’s rail scene, where 18 rail lines host 650 daily trains along 42 miles of Cicero Avenue
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Images of California railroading through the lens of photographer Bill Steck
In every issue
News, p. 6
- Michigan Central Station celebrates revival; NTSB sets final report on East Palestine derailment
Bill Stephens, p. 10
- Named passenger trains connect past and present
Preservation, p. 44
- Flooding on the Big Sioux River has inundated the Sioux City, Iowa, Railroad Museum
Brian Solomon, p. 46
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Traveling the Main Line today on Amtrak’s Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains