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Trains

InnoTrans brings together rail world’s new products • Locomotives, passenger rail highlight biennial event in Berlin

Railroads, shippers differ sharply on growth • STB hearing depicts declining volume, but opinions vary as to cause

Report says risks of long trains require action • Study finds increased possibility of derailment as train length grows

NS names George to replace ousted CEO Shaw • Relationship with another executive leads to top officer’s downfall

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Amtrak flexes muscles vs. its host railroads • The strategy won’t help trains run on time but has damaged relationships with Class I roads

First day • You never know how things might turn out

STEAM RETURNS TO THE MOUNTAIN • Reading & Northern brings a 4-8-4 back to Tunkhannock after seven decades

EUROPE CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF PCC CARS • An iconic American streetcar design found a home overseas

BEHIND THE BLUE SIGN • ‘How to stop a train’ campaign centers on placards at grade crossings

WHEN YOU CALL • Tips for dealing with a grade-crossing situation

MAKING THE CALL • One caller’s experience with an ENS report

Hot times for Genesee & Wyoming • Georgia Central among short lines seeing investments amid carload growth as G&W marks its 125th anniversary

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY • A night of mystery and elegance unmasked

CHEERS TO A NEW YEAR • More trains, more toasts, more twists…

Christmas in a rail yard • Moving a military train up the East Coast a week before Christmas … what could go wrong?

GREAT RAILFAN ROADS ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES • The Canadian prairies offer a hidden gem of railfan road, albeit with a twist

Cool trains this holiday season • Special runs on railroads from coast to coast

NYC Mohawk takes first step toward running again • No. 3001 is one of two remaining New York Central 4-8-2s

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