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Trains

From the Editor

Angel replaces Hinrichs as CSX CEO • More criticism from activist investors prompts leadership change

OBITUARY • Columnist, author Don Phillips dies

UP, Metra continue Chicago commuter battle • STB grants Metra trackage rights, UP sues Metra over fees

A mixed bag for NextGen Acela’s first week • New trainsets’ plusses balance some initial challenges

NEWS PHOTOS

NEWS BRIEFS • Brightline revises fares, schedules, capacity

UP-NS merger may hurt, not help • Matthew K. Rose, retired BNSF executive chairman, shares his views

Three days in August will shape merger debate • The other Class I railroads will gang up against UP-NS

Will there be one big railroad? • As the industry moves forward, it would do well to glance backward.

CREDIT THE SCANNER

Steam’s dream team • It’s been a decade since NS joined with museums to field four major steam locomotives

A Heritage Hot Weekend

TWO FEET from history • Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington recreates turn-of-the-century Maine narrow gauge operation

GETTING THERE

Aloud ‘whoosh’ on the New York Central • A derailment puts an EMD DD35 demonstrator on the ground

National Railroad Museum opens riverfront expansion • New building first of four planned major enhancements

Watertown museum announced; No. 576 passes hydrostatic test • Work begins to assemble locomotive, build new museum

Centennials: one runs, one to be restored • Two museums are working with Union Pacific’s largest diesel locomotives

’Tis the season for trains • Checking the list twice for holiday specials

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