INDEX TO VOLUME 79 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 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 2019 – 862 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 photo graphs 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. A Amtrak's elephant style, Ask TRAINS, Mar 62 Aiken Railway: Amtrak’s lost transcons, Jul 22-31 Once upon a time: Seaboard and Southern, Apr 51 Amtrak’s money mystery, Jan 50-55 A tale of two South Carolina short lines, Apr 46-53 At fault: train or track? Passenger, Nov 18-19 Alaska Railroad: Boardman’s Legacy, Jun 9 Alaska Railroad’s Denali Explorer at Whittier, Alaska, Boat freed by swelling waters strikes CSX bridge in NY, Gallery, Sep 62-63 Apr 12 All in the family, Dec 40-43 Brightline partners with Virgin, Passenger, Feb 22-23 Amtrak: Cascades in limbo, Passenger, Sep 18-19 50 years after the New Haven, Jan 24-27 (correc) Cascades investigation finds widespread blame, dooms Acela Nonstop, Nov 14-15 Talgos, Aug 6 After the flood, Jun 7 Changing faces, but no loss of wonder, Feb 36-37 Amtrak cars offered at ‘yard’ sale, Feb 15 Chicago Union Station hotel, redevelopment plans Amtrak Coast Starlight near the Oregon and California approved, Feb 14 border, Gallery, Mar 71 Cincinnati Union Terminal reopened with restored art Amtrak growth flat in 2018, Passenger, Jan 22-23 and architecture, Feb 11 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner at Refugio State Beach, Calif., Congress: Run a national network, Passenger, May 18-19 Gallery, Oct 62-63 The Dallas-Houston corridor’s legacy, Dec 33 Amtrak San Joaquin in Fresno, Calif., Gallery, Dec 64-65 David Gunn: The case for avoidable costs, Jan 54 The Amtrak Skunk works, May 13 Diving into the Crescent’s woes, Jul 14-15 Amtrak still faces PTC hurdles, Passenger, Feb 23 Fleet plan includes contradictions, Passenger, Jun 16-17 Amtrak train at Stonington, Conn., Gallery, Jul 60 (correc) Food, space face a squeeze, Passenger, Oct 18-19 Heritage cars’ last hurrah, Passenger, Mar 20-21 Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 excursion, Sep 54 Hoosier State threatened — again, Passenger, Apr 18 Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 restoration factors, Hoosier State’s last hurrah, Sep 9 Sep 54 Hot spot: Gallitzin/Cresson, Pa., Train-Watching, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 schedule, Mar 63 Jul 50-52 Union Pacific Big Boy weight distribution, Sep 55 Hot spot: Klamath Falls, Ore., Train-Watching, Jan 60-61 Union Pacific steam locomotive bells, Oct 57 (correc) Hot spot: Lordsburg, N.M., Train-Watching, Mar 60-61 B Hot spot: Los Angeles Union Station, Train-Watching, Baltimore & Ohio: Sep 50-51 Past prime, Mar 30-37 Legal troubles for train crews, Jan 8 Railfan road, Oct 42-49 Local opposition threatens expansion, Passenger, Railroading’s keystone, Jun 44-51 (correc) Aug 16-17 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad: Making Great Northern great, Jan 36-43 A railroad reborn, Aug 34-41 Meet the Grinch, Feb 16-18 Bay Coast Railroad: Missed opportunity, Passenger, Jan 23 Short line: Delmarva Central Railroad, Train-Watching, New Acela rising, Sep 42-45 Dec 54-55 (correc) Not all spikes are golden, Feb 46-51 Belmont, James, articles by: NTSB cites human error, lax safety planning in Silver Star Corinne: The ‘Dodge City’ of Utah, Jun 23 wreck, Oct 10-11 This is the place, May 42-49 The other pass, Sep 34-41 Bessemer & Lake Erie: Railroading’s keystone, Jun 44-51 (correc) One rescued from a bitter end, Preservation, Nov 66 Richard Anderson’s vision thing, Oct 13 Big Boy resurrection, Jul 40-47 The rider’s guide to New York City, The TRAINS Map, Big Boy’s Midwestern tour, Oct 32-41 Aug 20-22 Big data, Nov 48-55 Short line: Housatonic Railroad, Train-Watching, Apr 60 Bigger in Texas, Dec 20-27 (correc) Silver lining for Silver Splendor, Mar 16-17 Black Hills Central: The southern transcon, Feb 26-35 Steam to keep watch on, Preservation, Jul 48 This is the place, May 42-49 Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad: The TRAINS interview: Boardman talks to TRAINS, Last run for the ‘finest railroad,’ Nov 7 Mar 10-13 Blaszak, Michael W., article by: The TRAINS interview: Michael Litschi, Aug 8-9 A vision realized, Apr 28-37 Valley Flyers debut, Passenger, Dec 18 BNSF Railway: What’s next, May 8 After the flood, Jun 7 Amtrak’s lost transcons, Jul 22-31 Along its former route, the Milwaukee lives on, Jun 39 Amtrak’s money mystery, Jan 50-55 Amtrak’s money mystery, Jan 50-55 Anderson, Chris, article by: Big Boy’s Midwestern tour, Oct 32-41 Kentucky Steam and C&O 2716 get big boosts, Big data, Nov 48-55 Preservation, Oct 53 Bigger in Texas, Dec 20-27 (correc) Angelina & Neches River Railroad: BNSF coal train in the Powder River Basin, Gallery, All in the family, Dec 40-43 Jun 64-65 Arizona Eastern Railway: BNSF coal train near Denver, Gallery Dec 65 Hot spot: Lordsburg, N.M., Train-Watching, Mar 60-61 BNSF freight near Canyon Diablo, Ariz., Gallery, Aug 63 Ash, Fred, article by: BNSF intermodal at West Canyon Diablo, Ariz., Gallery, Chicago’s hidden downtown depot, Feb 52-55 Aug 62-63 Ask TRAINS: BNSF power leads CSX oil train at Covington, Va., African railroads, Oct 57 Gallery, Aug 65 Air-brake function, Feb 63 BNSF takes to the sky to gather data, Nov 54-55 Amtrak's elephant style, Mar 62 BNSF train at Solder Summit, Utah, Gallery, Jul 58-59 Axle power on diesel-electric locomotives, Aug 54 (correc) BNSF and Union Pacific coal trains near Bill, Wyo., Burlington Northern Power Pac, Mar 62-63 Gallery, Jun 66 Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific line ownership, BNSF and Union Pacific trains at Kansas City, Mo., Dec 56 Gallery, Sep 60-61 Coil cars, May 71 BNSF Z-train at Pica, Ariz., Gallery, Aug 63 Color flags and classification lights, Aug 54-55 Bridging the gap, Oct 28-31 Diesel locomotive classification, Mar 63 Brightline partners with Virgin, Passenger, Feb 22-23 Diesel locomotives with steam, Feb 62-63 Carefree highway, take me to the tracks, From the Editor, Distributed power unit placement, Jan 62-63 Oct 3 End-of-train-devices, Nov 70 Chicago’s hidden downtown depot, Feb 52-55 European locomotive controller, Jan 63 Dual-fuel downturn, Locomotive, Apr 16 Long welded rail, Jun 57 Duluth’s Rice’s Point, Getting the Shot, Train-Watching, Measuring track grade, Dec 56 Oct 55 Origin of railfan photography, Jan 63 First battery-electric road unit to debut, Dec 12 Painting heritage locomotives, Oct 56-57 Flying low, Sep 28-33 Passenger-train signs, Apr 62 From main line to short line, Locomotive, Jul 18-19 Positive train control and GPS, May 70-71 Hot spot: Klamath Falls, Ore., Train-Watching, Jan 60-61 Precision Scheduled Railroading, Mar 63 (correc) Providence & Worcester colors, Dec 57 Hot spot: Prairie du Chien, Wis., Train-Watching, May 68 Railroad-bridge guardrails, Apr 62 Hunter’s triumph from the grave, Jan 16-18 Railroad mapping, Jan 63 Intermodal innovations, Jan 7-8 Railroad reporting marks, Aug 55 Main Street of the Northwest, Mar 46-55 Railroad torpedoes, Feb 63 Making Great Northern great, Jan 36-43 Rear-facing locomotives, May 70 Oil boom (refined), Mar 7-8 Rotary beacons, Nov 70 Past prime, Mar 30-37 Steam locomotive usage, Jan 62 Programmed for failure, Apr 13 Thermal expansion in welded rail, Feb 62 PTC onboard, Locomotive, Dec 16 “Transit Topics,” May 71 Railroad Renaissance, RIP, Nov 13 Union Pacific Big Boy deliveries, Sep 55 Recycle, rebuild, repeat, Jan 44-49 2 Trains Senior citizen locomotives, Aug 42-47 A railroad reborn, Aug 34-41 Short line: Pacific Harbor Line, Train-Watching, Railroading’s keystone, Jun 44-51 (correc) Jun 54-55 The rails we see are temporal, Mar 15-16 Short line: St. Croix Valley Railroad, Train-Watching, Rocky domes ready to roll, Mar 22-29 (correc) Feb 60 Short line: Decatur & Eastern Illinois, Train-Watching, This is the place, May 42-49 Oct 54-55 The TRAINS interview: 31 years on MRL, Apr 7 STB plays referee in Chicago, Oct 8 The TRAINS interview: Boardman talks to TRAINS, Train makeup 101, Jul 32-39 Mar 10-13 Travel tips, Mar 27 The TRAINS interview: Steven Ditmeyer, Jul 10-12 VIA’s summer shuffle, Passenger, Jul 20-21 Who shot the boxcar? Nov 20-29 Who shot the boxcar? Nov 20-29 Widespread PSR moves continue, Aug 10 Widespread PSR moves continue, Aug 10 Boardman, Joe, interview with: Canadian Pacific: The TRAINS interview: Boardman talks to TRAINS, Big data, Nov 48-55 Mar 10-13 Canadian Pacific plow job near Mount Elgin, Ont., Boggs, Tishia, article by: Gallery, Jan 70-71 Modern and spectacular, Feb 38-45 Dual-fuel downturn, Locomotive, Apr 16 Boston & Maine: Duluth’s Rice’s Point, Getting the Shot, Train-Watching, Steam to keep watch on, Preservation, Jul 48 Oct 55 Bridging the gap, Oct 28-31 Firing the Golden Spike Centennial Limited, In My Own Brightline: Words, May 60-65 Brightline partners with Virgin, Passenger, Feb 22-23 Hot spot: Kicking Horse Pass, Train-Watching, Nov 68-69 Florida’s great experiment, Jul 16 Hot spot: Prairie du Chien, Wis., Train-Watching, May 68 MiamiCentral’s Virgin debut, Jun 8 Hunter’s triumph from the grave, Jan 16-18 Siemens lands VIA order, Passenger, Mar 21 Intermodal innovations, Jan 7-8 Burlington Northern: Isabelle Courville to helm Canadian Pacific, Mar 8 A.C.