Trains October 2009

Little Trains, Big Dreams
Narrow gauge boosters re-invent railroading
By Peter A. Hansen

Map of the Month: Narrow to Standard
We map 12,000 miles of slim gauge converted to standard
By Bill Metzger and Aaron Isaacs

Where Narrow Gauge Freight Still Runs
USG Corp.'s railroad in the California desert
By David Lustig

One With the Railroad
Stanley Hall's career with the East Broad Top railroad - 49 years and counting
By Lawrence Biemiller

Midnight in Durango
What happens at North America's busiest steam roundhouse at night?

Good for 50 More
CEECO's workers rebuild two narrow gauge locomotives
By David Lustig

Return to the Land of Narrow Gauge
Cumbres Pass photo essay
By John Gruber

Nitrates on Narrow Gauge
Box-cabs pull freight through the world's driest desert
By Ian A. Dunn

Railroad Reading: The Stop at East Villanova
An MP54's slippery stop
By Jim Dietz