FEBRUARY 2016 VOLUME 35, NO. 2
32 WORLD’S LARGEST: Locomotives are scattered everywhere in Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., on May 21, 2015. The Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center provides panoramic views of the yard from its eight-story tower. PHOTO BY STEVE BARRY
28 Maine Eastern Finale/Joey Kelly Morristown & Erie closes the books on eleven years of freight and passenger operations on the old Maine Central Rockland Branch
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32 North Platte/Steve Barry North Platte is home to Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard, the world’s largest freight yard, with more than 100 trains passing through daily.
40 Portraits of the Rails/Jim Porterfield Our annual survey of professional railroad artists incorporates the theme of electric and traction railroading
48 Cincinnati East Terminal/David Rohdenburg The old Norfolk & Western “Peavine” comes alive thanks to a new shortline operator with an eye towards the future
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66 To Coney Island for A Hot Dog/Steve Barry Railfans from Delaware and South Jersey travel to Coney Island to explore the subway and sample the orginal Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs in 1995
A double-stack train heads east out of North Platte, Neb., on May 21, 2015. North Platte is home to Bailey Yard, the largest classification yard in the world, and sees over 100 trains a day on UP’s transcontinental mainline. Steve Barry visits one of the busiest railroad towns in
the U.S. beginning on page 32. PHOTO BY STEVE BARRY
4 Departures/commentary: Alexander B. Craghead 6 Railnews/top news stories and photos from our readers
18 Transit Currents/transit news: George M. Smerk 21 Capitol Lines/news from Washington: Wes Vernon 23 Railroadiana/new product, book, and video reviews 25 Timetable/railroad event listings submitted by our readers 26 LocoNotes/diesel spotters: Kenneth M. Ardinger 54 Camera Bag/photography technique: Steve Barry 57 On the Menu/dining, travel, and art: James D. Porterfield 60 Preservation Topics/heritage and legacy: Haley Enoch 62 Markers/editorial commentary and musings 65 Classifieds/the railfan marketplace 72 Parting Shot/William Gill
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