Trains June 2019

Tales from the back of nowhereBy Peter A. HansenThe Promontory line's history didn't end on May 10Making a masterpieceBy Elrond LawrenceNiles Canyon Railway dazzles with two 150th anniversary parties, special runs with Skookum, and a throwback to silent filmmaking in the San Francisco Bay AreaSkookum's last dance in OregonBy Jim WrinnThe Lazarus locomotive returns after 64 years for a Trains magazine special eventThe too-late transconBy Dan MachalabaMilwaukee Road's Pacific Extension: doomed to fail, or done in by management?Railroading's keystoneBy Dan CupperPennsylvania's main lines and museums are still the main attractionsGalleryBy Todd Halamka