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TRAINS 2020 Magazine Index INDEX TO VOLUME 80 Reproduction of any part of this volume for commercial pur poses is not allowed without the specific permission of the publishers. All contents © 2018 and 2019 by Kalmbach Media Co., Wau kesha, Wis. JANUARY 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 2020 – 832 PAGES HOW TO USE THIS INDEX: Feature material has been indexed three or more times—once by the title under which it was published, again under the author’s last name, and finally under one or more of the subject categories or railroads. Photographs standing alone are indexed (usually by railroad), but photographs within a feature article are not separately indexed. Brief news items are indexed under the appropriate railroad and/or category; news stories are indexed under the appro- priate railroad and/or category and under the author’s last name. Most references to people are indexed under the company with which they are easily identified; if there is no easy identification, they may be indexed under the person’s last name (for deaths, see “Obi t uaries”). Maps, museums, radio frequencies, railroad historical societies, rosters of locomotives and equipment, product reviews, and stations are indexed under these categories. Items from countries other than the U.S. and Canada are indexed under the appropriate country. Stories with numbers as titles Island, Gallery, May 66 20, Nov 12-19 Amtrak and Kansas City, Mar 25 2,258, Nov 50-51 Amtrak asks Congress to fund corridor development program, 40, Nov 20-29 May 12-13 40 plus: The locomotive customized for service, Nov 25 Amtrak Crescent passes at Long Island Rail Road’s 80 for 80, Nov 30-35 Hunterspoint station, Gallery, May 67 80-something, Nov 48-49 Amtrak names Flynn as new CEO, May 10 A Amtrak San Joaquin and Santa Fe 4-8-4 at Modesto, Calif., After Anderson, Amtrak seeks stability, Jul 24-31 Gallery, Jan 64-65 Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway: Amtrak sets more 2019 records, Passenger, Jan 21 Railroads where you least expect them, Oct 12-19 Amtrak train No. 85 spans Saugatuck River in Westport, Conn., Alexander Railroad: Gallery, May 66 Train time at Taylorsville, Jun 54-55 Amtrak’s capacity crisis, Mar 42-49 Algoma Central: Amtrak’s payments to its host railroads, Ask Trains, Oct 57 Algoma Central crewmen load baggage at Hearst, Ont., Gallery, Anaheim, Calif., Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Dec 57 Gallery, Jan 66 Amtrak: 40, Nov 20-29 A bridge to the past, Feb 48-53 After Anderson, Amtrak seeks stability, Jul 24-31 Cascade Baggage-car crossing, shuffle, Mar Passenger, 34-41 Jul 21 Amtrak Acela Express approaches Hell Gate Bridge on Randalls A chance encounter, and a moment of clarity, Apr 48-49 Changing of the guard at Amtrak, From the Editor, Jul 3 Illuminated numberboards, Dec 48 Congressman wants Amtrak to cede Chicago station control, Feb 9 Locomotive bell usage, Jan 56-57 Coronavirus contraction, Passenger, Jul 20-21 Locomotive m.u. connections, Jul 56 Economic woes mount for passenger operators, Jul 11 Mail on mixed trains, Dec 48 Fantasy author’s railroading reality, Sep 9 Moving stone in Ohio, Oct 57-58 Fast times in Winslow, Dec 34-39 Penn Station rail connection, Dec 48 Hot spot: Chicago’s River Point, Train-Watching, May 54 Rotary snowplow action, Apr 56-57 Hot FRA spot: floats Durand, new on-time Mich., rules, Train-Watching, Passenger, JunMar 20-21 54-55 Solar Rail profiles, panels, FebMar 72 56-57 Hot spot: Fredericksburg, Va., Train-Watching, Sep 56-57 Steam doubleheader performance, May 56 Hot spot: Showtime in Burbank, Train-Watching, Jul 54-55 Two-cycle and four-cycle diesel engines, Apr 57 Hot spot: Wauwatosa, Wis., Train-Watching, Nov 68 Usage of diesel with steam locomotives, Feb 71 How to kill a network, Passenger, Sep 18-19 Weather Union Pacific’s and train new performance, train for old ties,Jun 62-63 Nov 70 Illuminated How the Rock numberboards, finally tumbled, Ask Oct Trains, 24 Dec 48 Atlantic Coast Line: The illusion of improved output, Oct 10-11 Atlantic Coast Line Sarasota local at Tampa Union Station, Is Amtrak the only state option? Passenger, Apr 18-19 Gallery, Sep 64-65 Kansas City Hustle, Mar 18-25 Atlantic Coast Line streamliner at Tampa Union Station, Gallery, Long distance: stable, snubbed, Passenger, Oct 6-7 Sep 67 A more Spartan ‘Auto Train’, Passenger, May 20-21 One sweet steam restoration, Preservation, Jul 52-53 Of holidays and trains, Dec 8-9 The overshadowed tunnel, Feb 54-61 B Passenger-only routes: Not coming soon, Dec 14 493: Back from the dead, May 40-47 The pros and cons of assigned seating, Passenger, Feb 23 Back to the future, Apr 30-33 A quarter century of New England Central, Jun 38-45 Baile, Ron, article by: The Queen City of the West gets a new crown, Aug 42-47 Where’s the engineer? In My Own Words, Jul 50-51 Railroad supplier family tree, Feb 32-37 Baltimore & Ohio: Railroad Vision 2020: COVID-19 recalculations, Dec 32-33 2,258, Nov 50-51 Railroad Vision 2020: Fixing Amtrak, Jan 32-33 The age of exploration, Aug 13 Railroad Vision 2020: High speed reality check, Jul 22-23 The day railroading fell apart, Dec 20-27 Railroading battles the COVID-19 outbreak, Passengers and ‘I don’t want you talking to the customer!,’ In My Own Words, COVID-19, Jun 7-8, 10 Oct 50-52 Reinventing the California Zephyr, Passenger, Mar 14-15 Henry Ford’s railroad revived, Aug 30-33 Service, workforce cuts coming for Amtrak, Aug 10 More big bores, Feb 57 Still seeking speed, Dec 10-17 Of stack trains and semaphores, Jul 42-49 ‘Stop the Train,’ In My Own Words, Dec 40-41 Ohio rail crossroads, Aug 20-29 The Trains interview: Chris Koos, Sep 6-7 The overshadowed tunnel, Feb 54-61 The Trains interview: Michael Cahill, Jan 6-8 Redrawing the map, Aug 34-39 Triweekly plan puts states in a bind, Nov 5-6 What to watch in 2020 and beyond, Locomotive, Jun 18-19 Vegas to Vegas on the Chief, Passenger, Jan 20-21 Battling gravity in Bealville, Jul 40-41 Virginia’s big deal, Apr 8-10 Beyond Big Boy, Feb 46-47 A way forward for Amtrak, Jul 30 Big Boy payback! Jan 42-49 Will riders return? Aug 6-8 Big Boy: The South by Southwest tour, Feb 38-45 Amtrak’s capacity crisis, Mar 42-49 The big shift, Oct 28-37 An ‘Air Line’ at ground level, Apr 42-43 Black River & Western: Ann Arbor: One sweet steam restoration, Preservation, Jul 52-53 Ann Arbor local serves the railroad’s Ottawa Yard, Gallery, Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad: Aug 66 Short line: Bloomer Shippers Line, Train-Watching, Apr 54-55 Golf Balls & Western, In My Own Words, Feb 64-66 Blue Ridge Southern Railroad: Apache Railway: Carolina crossing curtailed, Sep 42-47 Preserving a lifeline, Jun 46-53 Boggs, Tishia R., articles by: Arcade & Attica Railroad: Short line: Arcade & Attica, Train-Watching, Oct 55-56 Rock Island rocks on, Oct 20-27 Arizona & California Railroad: BNSF HowRailway: the Rock finally tumbled, Oct 24 The [Arizona] road less traveled, Apr 22-29 The [Arizona] road less traveled, Apr 22-29 Arizona Central Railroad: The [Arizona] road less traveled, Apr 22-29 The big shift, Oct 28-37 The [Arizona] road less traveled, Apr 22-29 The BNbig mergerfive railroads was 50 of years Kansas ago, City, From Mar the 22 Editor, Mar 3 Ask Trains: AAR’s other freight category, Feb 72 BNSF intermodal approaches Tunnel 2 near Caliente, Calif., Amtrak’s payments to its host railroads, Oct 57 Gallery, BNSF Oct 62-63CEO will be first woman to lead a Class I, Dec 5 B-units on excursion trains, Nov 71 BNSF intermodal passes snow-covered Flagstaff, Ariz., station, Gallery, Jan 62-63 Class I railroad routes, Apr 56 A bridge to the past, Feb 48-53 Container Chicago rail trains yard and field ports, trip, JanFeb 57 71 Burlington Northern power, Mar 28-33 Covered hoppers, Mar 57 Cascade crossing, Mar 34-41 Crossing-light and gate activation, Jan 57 Class I railroad routes, Ask Trains, Apr 56 Diesel locomotive transition, May 56 Compressed natural gas, Locomotive, Jan 18 Dual-power locomotives, Feb 72 Fast times in Winslow, Dec 34-39 EMD SD70ACe model designation, Mar 56 Five years of Tier 4, Locomotive, May 18-19 Exhaust discharge under steam locomotive cabs, Jun 62 Freight-car repair, Jan 56 Hot spot: Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Train-Watching, Jan 54-55 General Electric and Alco, Jul 56 Kansas Grand Trunk City Hustle, Pacific, Mar Apr 18-25 39 2 Trains Lessons in carpooling, In My Own Words, Aug 50 Financial engineers at the throttle, May 16-17 Oh the pasta-bilities, Jun 30-37 From ‘Short Line’ to short line and back, Mar 10-11 Preserving a lifeline, Jun 46-53 Prince Rupert rises, Apr 34-41 Henry Ford’s railroad revived, Aug 30-33 Railroad Vision 2020: After Hunter, Feb 62-63 ‘Highball!,’ Grand Trunk In Pacific,My Own Apr Words, 39 May 50-51 Railroading in 2040, Nov 36-43 Hot spot: Durand, Mich., Train-Watching, Mar 54-55 Railroads where you least expect them, Oct 12-19 Hot spots of our life and times, From the Editor, Apr 3 Short line: Mission Mountain Railroad, Train-Watching, Is a reliability revolution under way? Dec 7 Feb 69-70 Mountaineer opts for short season, Aug 11 A slow advance for high speed rail, Passenger, Feb 21-22 Oh the pasta-bilities, Jun 30-37 The tortoise and the hare, Mar 9 Pan Am up for sale, Sep 12 The train-watcher’s guide, Apr 27 Prince Rupert rises, Apr 34-41 A quarter century of New England Central, Jun 38-45 What to watch in 2020 and beyond, Locomotive, Jun 18-19 What Union will Pacific’s LNG meannew train for railroads? for old ties, Sep Ask 8 Trains, Nov 70 Railroad executives insist PSR is a vehicle for growth, Feb 10-11 Boston & Maine: Railroad Rail could Vision find opportunities 2020: After Hunter, in post-virus Feb 62-63 economy, Jul 10 Boston & Maine express arrives at Woodsville, N.H., Gallery, Rock Island rocks on, Oct 20-27 Dec 54-55 Short line: Bloomer Shippers Line, Train-Watching, Apr 54-55 Steam, stunning scenery, ghosts, and a cat named Cinders, The tortoise and the hare, Mar 9 May 32-39 The Trains interview: Anthony B.
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