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October 2023

The October 2023 issue of Trains Magazine.

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In this Issue

Spiders and starlight

Tehachapi Loop in California can produce incredible images in daytime but the Pass really comes alive at night

The Strasburg Rail Road you don’t know

Passengers still come first, but the company is flexing its freight muscles

A 1982 census of American diesels

Can 29,518 locomotives be represented by one? This classic article from the Trains archive answers the question

Intermodal war in the west

Competition between Union Pacific and BNSF heats up while their intermodal customers target trucks

Look both ways, and look again

Filling in for a supervisor gave one MOW worker a brush with death … and a GG1

In My Own Words: My time working in "railfan heaven"

A gift of timetables leads to time as a train schedule planner

Gallery

Contemporary images of action in spring and fall on former Lackawanna trackage by photographer Bob Bahrs

In every issue

News, p. 6

  • Union Pacific names a new chief executive officer, and regulators seek train length and tonnage data

Bill Stephens p. 10

  • CPKC-CSX interchange deal realizes Mike Haverty’s vision from 20 years ago

Preservation p. 44

  • You never know what adventures are waiting for you when traveling by train

Travel p. 46

  • First ‘Shay it Forward’ event remembers late Trains Editor Jim Wrinn and his favorite locomotive type