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UP, CPKC battle over trackage rights in Texas • Merger with CP creates new interest in little-used KCS rights for grain trains

Environmental issues lead court to scuttle Uinta Basin approval • Exemption for railway project returned to STB over downstream impacts

Eastern railroads add to heritage-paint bonanza • CSX, Norfolk Southern, Metro-North all make news with classic designs

Misaligned switch leads to Long Island Rail Road derailment • Train traveling 54 mph derails at Hall Interlocking

NEWS BRIEFS • Derailment causes major damage to Swiss rail tunnel, world’s longest

New Fred W. Frailey novel is a page-turner • Set in the 1970s, ‘Seldom Willing’ tells the tale of the fictional South West Kansas Railroad

BRIDGE UNITS to the PUMPKIN PATCH • Ex-Key System articulated units host a family friendly experience

CPKC’s SHR EVEPORT DILEMMA • Will a key KCS yard face smooth sailing or stormy seas in a post-merger world?

SO CLOSE, AND YET SO FAR

B&O’S MAGNOLIA CUTOFF • After more than a century, an engineering marvel still serves CSX Transportation

Colossus of roads • The railroad revolution of the 1990s comes into sharp focus on Union Pacific’s Overland Route main line

Icons of Railroading • Trains 2023 Photo Contest Winners

Troubleshooting a diesel locomotive • Knowing where to look is the first step

I’m telling your Dad! • In the case, Dad and the rules were right

How to make up a day on Amtrak’s Pioneer • A local shortcut saves 23 hours and the vacation plans

113-year-old Union Pacific depot in need of funding for restoration • Green River, Wyo., depot could become a multi-use community center

185-year-old Rocket moving to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania • British-built 1838 locomotive removed from Franklin Institute

Ghosts in the machines • These artifacts represent the bones of the railroad