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From the Editor

Trains

Rail industry awaits Biden administration • Crew regulations, infrastructure, Amtrak could all see impact of new president

NEWS PHOTOS

Amtrak hails FRA on-time performance standards • New regulation creates method for judging efforts of host railroads

CSX announces it will buy Pan Am Railways

Final frontier? • When trains cross borders but people can’t

Can railroads maintain their green advantage? • The industry needs an answer for the zero-emissions truck

THE ROAD TO CUMBERLAND GAP • Norfolk Southern’s branch in Tennessee and a corner of Kentucky

WHEN ALL ROADS LED TO CUMBERLAND GAP

ONE GOOD TURN • Restoration keeps 111-year-old Santa Fe turntable spinning for Amtrak

TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN • On BNSF Railway’s Transcon, the Arizona Divide boasts amazing grades and curvatures, unpredictable weather, and diverse traffic

WHAT TO EXPECT IF YOU GO

FLATHEAD TUNNEL AT 50 • This unremarked bore is the US’s second longest

After PTC • After $10 billion and 12 years, the safety system is in place, but now railroads want more from it

GROWING UP WITH A MALLET • A special locomotive that became a part of life. Oh, and traffic on 14th Street West, watch out for this beast

Como depot resurrection • Volunteers bring back a legendary Colorado railroad town

Pour on the coal

Short line: Ashland Railway • This little-remarked independent is a fine alternative to Ohio’s mainline hot spots

Q Were there ever any two-story, 85-foot stock cars on U.S. railroads?

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