Northeast commuter trains per day: 2005
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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EDITOR’S NOTE: When we asked the Class I railroads for input on the May 2010 locomotive column on the subject…
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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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If you want a glimpse of railroad operations six decades ago, this map of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy provides…
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This map of the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana & Arkansas (just prior to their 1939 operational merger) is based…
Read moreTrains Magazine looks at passenger trains per day across the United States in its May 2010 issue. Our “Map of…
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Of all the scenic railroads in America, Colorado’s Georgetown Loop ranks near the top for the most audacious three miles…
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You’re looking at the railroad equivalent of a restaurant frozen in time, with the trains shown here akin to waiters…
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Three distinct periods of railway construction created the grain-gathering network that served the farmers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The…
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In the early 1970s, economic growth was transforming the South and West, and Western railroads surpassed Eastern roads in ton-miles…
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