Trains Magazine 2003 August Mike\'s Big railroadBeaumont Hill Confessions div eng For Sale

RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Trains Magazine 2003 August Mike\'s Big railroadBeaumont Hill Confessions div eng Trains Vol 63 No 8 August 2003TABLE OF CONTENTSCOVER STORY 28 Mike\'s Big RailroadRemember little Kansas City Southern? It crossed Texas, bought Mexico\'s most important railroad, and became a transcontinental player. How did it do that? Fred W. FraileyFEATURES42 Life on the Line: A division engineer\'s storyRailway engineering-the art and science of locating, building, and maintaining bridges, track, and signals-rarely gets attention. It should. It\'s heroic. This author tells you why. R. M. Bailey50 Map of the Month: NS transformedNorfolk Southern\'s sphere of influence now extends far beyond the last mile of track it owns. We track 20 years of growth and change.52 Dead RingersCan a Russian locomotive in the Ukraine pass for an American locomotive in Wisconsin? You be the judge. J. W. Swanberg56 Railroad Blueprint: SP\'s Beaumont HillEverything changed on Southern Pacific\'s big climb east of Los Angeles in the 1950s-except the challenge of the Hill. Don SimsNEWS12 Railroad News & PhotosSenate squabble on Amtrak: This time, it\'s personal16 Don PhillipsWe\'ve been here before: Nothing big will change for Amtrak20 Larry KaufmanRailroads don\'t \"earn their cost of capital\" ... and don\'t want to22 LocomotivesComing in 2004: Alstom\'s new PL42AC for commuter railroads24 PassengerLong-awaited Turboliners now rocket along the Hudson River26 City RailWhat a mess! New York City gets a hard lesson on fare increasesDEPARTMENTS4 From the Editor6 Railway Post Office64 Railroad Reading74 Ask Trains76 Preservation80 New Products90 50 Years Ago in TrainsAll pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us.
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