Trains November 2011

Railroading's future rides on a highway
By Michael W. Blaszak
Challenges and opportunities abound for intermodal traffic

Stacking the deck
By Dave DeBoer
A handful of men figured out how to make expensive-to-run trains profitable

Map of the Month: Clearing the decks for stacks
By Bill Metzger and Dave DeBoer
Double-stack routes in the U.S.

Homeward bound
By Lawrence J. Gross
Railroads look to domestic intermodal shipments to drive higher volumes

Terminal velocity
By Craig Sanders
CSX's new high-tech intermodal yard changes how boxes move

Inside the box
By Dan Machalaba
The staples of life travel in six walls made to move

Fixing the weakest link
By Ken Fitzgerald
BNSF Railway upgrades the route through Abo Canyon

RoadRailer
By Jim Matthews
Seven crucial questions answered about this unconventional equipment

Who does it best?
By Fred Frailey
Among the Class I railroads, there are no losers in this sweepstakes

Blazing a trail through the Rockies
By Frank Keller
Rio Grande's effort to win back short-haul intermodal

In My Own Words: Turkey Day Topple
By Herb Cleaves
A boy recalls a 1940s wreck on Bangor & Aroostook