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FEATURES
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COVER STORY
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Cumbres
memories
Colorado narrow gauge —
before the tourist railroads
John Gruber
30
West Side’s
wandering Shays
Seven California steam
locomotives travel far after
their owner hangs it up
Martin E. Hansen
36
Map of the Month:
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Your guide to the Evergreen
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Bill Metzger
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Crossing the
Devil’s Nose
Luxury ‘cruise train’ spurs
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spectacular Guayaquil &
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Jeffrey T. Schultz
44
VIA Rail photos
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Luxury re-imagined
As the
Canadian
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th
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Canada prepares to debut new
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Bob Johnston
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52
Thinking outside
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A regional railroad becomes
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of the journey from Asia
Fred W. Frailey
58
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