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From the Editor

Trains

Long-awaited Mardi Gras Service launches • Gulf Coast region celebrates return Amtrak service, lost after Hurricane Katrina

NextGen Acelas debut • First five long-delayed Alstom trainsets make first revenue runs, with two round trips on most days

BNSF, CSX to work together • Intermodal partnership could provide merger-like benefits without union

SEPTA begins slashing transit operations • Philadelphia sees start of 20% reduction in service, but injunction blocks fare hike, trims to Regional Rail

NEWS PHOTOS

NEWS BRIEFS • Northstar commuter service to end in January

European trains can dazzle — or disappoint • Not every train across the pond is superior to Amtrak

Running the 614 • Ross Rowland and memories of steam

MERGER BLOCKBUSTER • Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek transcontinental unification

GRADING THE COMMUTER RAILROADS: HOW DOES YOURS STACK UP?

Short line success in the Sunshine State • Smaller railroads drive growth in Florida

The last mile • Trains 2025 Photo Contest winners

Rock Island sunset • In 1978 the handwriting was on the wall

Baltimore Streetcar Museum envisions major expansion • Grant received to secure old Ma & Pa roundhouse

Ehernberger Collection at American Heritage Center expands • Former UP employee donates balance of his railroad collection

PRESERVATION BRIEFS • Group to restore NP 2-8-0

A visit to Scranton • Where ‘Lackawanna’ is a household word

In the December issue

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