Trains May 2009

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Ride This Train!
Your 2009 guide to tourist trains and museums


Potent Preservation
What U.S. heritage railways should learn from the U.K. - before it's too late
By Jim Wrinn


Bonus Content
Where's the funding? Learn more about railway preservation projects funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.


Putting It Together
Mile by mile, volunteers are rebuilding the Ulster & Delaware main line in the heart of the Catskill Mountains
By Karl Zimmermann


Alberta Prairie Railway
What do a Mississippi steam locomotive, a grocer, and a hopeful yet small Canadian town have in common?
By J.T. Robbie


Wandering 18's Many Lives
One engine reveals keys to tourist railroad success
By Chris Zahrt


Map of the Month: Chicago Commuters, 1950 & 2009
What would Chicago be without its commuter trains? See how the routes and weekday train counts in the nation's railroad capital have changed in 69 years
By Bill Metzger


C&I Calling
Whether it was the topography of the line, the desire to make the 'perfect' shot, or a beckoning less tangible, something made the author return to a short portion of BNSF's Aurora Subdivision again and again
By Tom Cerwin


Railroad Reading
The Getaway Car: A father regrets the one that got away on the Alleghany Central in the 1970s in western Virginia
By Oren B. Helbok


Gallery
Cass Scenic, Castle Crags, BNSF power trio, Canadian track work
By Assorted photographers