Railroad tonnage by state in 2004
If you want to sense the impact of coal on the railroad industry, consider this: The state that ranks last…
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When Al Kalmbach published the first issue of Trains in November 1940, the company’s home state of Wisconsin boasted 6,675…
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Iowa has been the poster-child state for the overbuilding of railways in the era before paved roads. In his “Iowa:…
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This map reflects an average day for the Union Pacific Railroad in late 2003. Trains per line per day is…
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Passengers enter Los Angeles Union Station during the 2009 winter holidays. Railroads continue to play an important – and growing…
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What have the mergers that built today’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe system accomplished? It’s important to ask this question, because…
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This map has been almost 25 years in coming. As soon as Conrail was formed in 1976, Trains readers began…
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Compared here are the world’s most important main lines across the most important freight territory on earth, at a time…
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The New Haven’s heavy passenger orientation is obvious, especially on the New York-Boston Shore Line. On the electrified West End,…
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This is a snapshot of traffic across the Continental Divide in 1980 and 2000 on U.S. transcontinental routes. It’s inherent…
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Coal is the No. 1 rail-shipped commodity by tonnage in the U.S., and power plants consume most of it. Three…
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When the TRAINS staff began preparing its April 2010 report on obscure coal moves in North America, we got more…
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