Trains December 2017

Company timeBy Kevin N. TomasicI’m on the road quite a bit making sales calls for my employer, and occasionally might find a train to chase when my business is doneWhite outBy Dick DornFighting winter on Union Pacific’s Donner crossing takes a special breed of railroaderMap of the Month: Track gauges of the worldBy Bill MetzgerSee the predominant gauge for each nation, and the miles of trackThe Ski Train’s Grande returnBy Justin FranzNearly a decade after it last ran, Amtrak and Winter Park, Colo., team up to bring back a Denver traditionTwo old rivalsBy Denny HamiltonAmtrak’s 'Empire Builder' evokes the rail-river rivalry of a century before, as it passes within sight of the steamboat 'American Queen'John Helbok’s great steam photosBy Oren B. HelbokA son reflects on his father’s 1960s-1980s steam photosThe dead and dyingBy George W. HamlinRailfans in the 1960s were familiar with this phrase, as passenger service was restructured and traces of the glory years vanishedIn My Own Words: Living the dreamBy Hal ClasonThree tales from a 1940s Santa Fe locomotive fireman