Trains November 2008

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6 High-Tech Advances
What innovations might shape the railroad of the future?
By Peter A. Hansen

Continental Drifter
Uncovering some of Europe's newest rail improvements on one fast-paced trip
By Matt Van Hattem

Bonus Content
See additional photos and a fabulous narrative from Senior Editor Matt Van Hattem's European Rail Adventure!

Map of the Month: Wyoming Expansion
How a single thread of steel became a four-track main line
By Matt Van Hattem

Eyes of the Storm
How railroads escape peril with the help of weather trackers
By Don Phillips

Fab Flops
OK, not all high-tech efforts worked. Here are some that were good ideas, but ...
By Assorted authors

Red 'N Ready For Anything Heavy
Kasgro's16-axle flat-deck car hauls loads most others can't
By Kathi Kube

Hoosac Tunnel
The greatest American railroad engineering feat of the 19th century is still in use
By William D. Middleton

Into the Wild Brown Yonder
A 331-mile line is about to be built in the Nevada wilderness
By Kathi Kube

Railroad Reading
Lord of the Engine:A fireman tires of his overbearing engineering until one day
By Gordon K. Haskell

Gallery
Union Pacific, BNSF, Delaware-Lackawanna, Red River Valley & Western, Metro-North
By Assorted Photographers