Western mainline tonnage growth: 1979 to 2001
This Map of the Month was featured in the June 2003 issue of Trains magazine. We know railroads experienced a…
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Great Northern Railway’s St. Paul, Minn.-Seattle transcontinental main line, now part of BNSF Railway, was built in the early 1890s…
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Trains Magazine’s September 2010 “Map of the Month: Milwaukee Road Growth” maps the expansion of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul…
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Dan Czech clearly remembers the first time he laid eyes on Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard. “I flew out here at…
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Intermodal haulage on railroads initially resembled loose-car railroading: Cities of varying sizes had ramps that originated a few flatcars, which…
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Eastern coal railroads issued maps of coal mines they served for the information of customers. This map (redrawn for clarity)…
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Traffic density changes in the past 30 years on freight railroads’ main lines to Chicago reflect factors both geographic and…
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Think you’re in a hurry to get to work? The 3,170 trains on this map make it their business to…
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Before the mega-merger movement of the 1980s, only a few U.S. Class I systems attained route-mileage in five figures. Santa…
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The undeniable triumph of U.S. railroading can be seen in this graph of revenue ton-miles: the most basic unit of…
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Across the country, the stories play out simultaneously on a weekday morning: Two businessmen headed for the 8:03 Boston-bound Acela…
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What will railroading look like 27 years from now? Will yards be jammed, main lines clogged, and trains backed up…
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