Trains March 2018

Map of the Month: The train riders’ guide to TorontoBy Bill MetzgerGO Transit, subways, and an extensive streetcar system make the city a rider’s delightOnce a leader, now a followerBy Dan MachalabaThe U.S. races to catch up to foreign high speed passenger rail, but will it ever happen?California risingBy Jody MeachamYears in the making, America’s first true fast train is under construction, but an unlikely cast of characters could change its courseThe straight story on tiltingBy Joshua D CoranHow to make passenger trains go faster around curvesPreventing death by trainBy Bob JohnstonChicago-area initiatives tackle a national concernIn My Own Words: The family railroadBy Ryan AndersonA retired station agent remembers fondly railroading in Songkhla, Thailand