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Trains

From the Editor

Amtrak CEO Gardner ousted • Under pressures including call for privatization, company looks to cut costs

Amtrak sidelines Horizon car fleet • Corrosion issues lead to cars’ removal, widespread cancellations

Union opposes CSX bid to use ‘Zero to Zero’ automation • Request to use automatic start-and-stop Trip Optimizer feature pending at FRA

Metra asks STB to require UP to run its trains • Operator says service ‘in jeopardy’ with impasse over financial terms

NEWS PHOTOS

NEWS BRIEFS • MBTA begins South Coast Rail service

CPKC keeps fingers crossed in trade war • The railway was built to tap North American free trade

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Another view of the Civil War • An era of rapid and profound transition in railroading

Last trains from Grand Central • Intercity service from New York City landmark comes to an end in 1991

Through the Alps, not around them • Scenery defines the Rhätische Bahn, and makes operating a challenge

Liquid light

The Chemin de fer Sartigan Railway • A successful short line born from the old Quebec Central

The Cat-powered MLW

Riding Amtrak’s Palmetto • This unusual train is the gateway to Savannah

Bourbons on the ‘Century’

Trackside bed & breakfast • Accommodations catering to railroad enthusiasts

Found: NJ Merci Train boxcar • Historic car missing since 1958 discovered in Kansas City warehouse

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