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Classic Trains at the bumper post • Trains will now carry the Classic Trains drumhead

New locomotive market comes to life • Years of low activity ends as railroads order 275 new units, as well as rebuilds

Amtrak to pursue single-level fleet • Flawed procurement process dooms plans for bi-level replacements for Superliners

NEWS PHOTOS

Amtrak previews Airo equipment • First of 83 Siemens trainsets, destined to replace Amfleet cars, are scheduled to debut this year in Cascades service in the Pacific Northwest

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES • Toronto opens long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown light rail

NS nears completion of DC-to-AC conversion program • The railroad now boasts the industry’s most modern locomotive fleet

Union Pacific experiments with point protection system • Locomotive-mounted cameras aim to improve safety

Where's my shiny new car — and when will it arrive? • System allows automakers, dealers to trace vehicles rather than auto racks

Mardi Gras Service proves critics wrong • Early ridership and reliability figures are encouraging

UP-NS merger will receive objective regulatory review • The Surface Transportation Board is fiercely independent

Western Railway Museum restoring GE electric locomotive • GE 125-ton center-cab worked in Kennecott Copper Utah mine for 35 years

B&O Museum restores Washington • Observation-tavern car is the museum’s first interior restoration

Preservation Briefs • Southern Railway No. 4501 goes green

The Last Big Alco Fleet

Shooting Star: Last light on Minnesota's Northstar • The rise and fall of a commuter rail line

Closing the aerodynamics gap • How the rail industry can harness a proven path to fuel savings — and why the time to act is now

The Mardi Gras Phenomenon • New Orleans-Mobile train far exceeds initial ridership expectations

Happy Easter, molasses • A sticky derailment leads to a wonderful 53-year marriage

In the June issue

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