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SPECIAL ISSUE:
SHORT LINES AND REGIONALS
www.TrainsMag.com • April 2016
Preparing
for new
hotshot
intermodal
p. 6
THE magazine of railroading
More big
steam
ahead
p. 60
WATCO’S WIDE WORLD
35 railroads, 4,500 miles of track, 500,000 carloads a year
p. 22
PROVIDENCE
& WORCESTER
From 45 miles
to 500+
p. 50
BOXCARS
p. 38
Beloved & betrayed
Shortline
double-stack
success
Rocky road
for Texas line
p. 46
p. 30
PLUS
Watco’s Blue Ridge
Southern near
Asheville, N.C.
MAP:
New York-
Chicago routes in 1940
p. 36
Q&A with shortline association exec
p. 8
BONUS
ONLINE
CONTENT
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WEB
FEATURES
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COVER STORY
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The wide world
of Watco
From a kitchen table to 35
railroads, 4,500 miles,
and 500,000 carloads
David C. Lester
@
30
Timber Rock’s
rocky road
he East Texas short line
with an uncertain past
and future
Jefrey A. Harwell
36
Map of the Month:
NYC-Chicago
passenger trains
See all of the westbound
through passenger-service
options in October 1940
Bill Metzger
38
Boxcars still matter
How to make boxcars pay their
way and make customers
smile in the bargain
Roy Blanchard
P&W independence
>>
Read Scott A. Hartley’s
Providence & Worcester feature,
“Yankee Independence,” from
the June 1994 issue
46
Winning with a
stacked deck
Georgia railroads ind
short-haul intermodal
success
Nikos Kavoori
50
Reinvention
he key to Providence &
Worcester’s success
Scott A. Hartley
58
In My Own Words:
Wake up!
Finding a functioning crew
is no easy feat on BC Rail
in the 1980s
Adrian Telizyn
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Watco’s Blue Ridge Southern train
No. T31 cruises westbound through Coburn, N.C., en route to
Canton, N.C., on Dec. 4, 2015.
Photo by Grady McKinley
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News & Photos
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Locomotive
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Preparing for new
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Q&A with shortline exec
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Watco’s wide world
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Rocky road for Texas
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Map: New York-Chicago
38
Boxcars: Beloved &
betrayed
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Shortline double-stack
success
50
Providence & Worcester
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More big steam ahead
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Why it’s 1986 all over again
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