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Freedom Train memories and nationwide map
www.TrainsMag.com • September 2016
p. 44, 46
BNSF’s
Transcon
wreck
p. 8
THE magazine of railroading
Hearing
trouble
on track
p. 18
Controlling the
Northeast Corridor
1,200 miles, 1,670 trains, millions of passengers
p. 38
PLUS
Tales from 60 years on the railroad
California hot spot
p. 64
Amtrak moves
at sunset
at Perryville, Md.
p. 22
How South Dakota got into the business
p. 28
Utah and those diesels
p. 36
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vol. 76, no. 9 news and features
FEATURES
COVER STORY
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Controlling the
Corridor
How Amtrak keeps trains
where they need to be
Al DiCenso
22
Railroading for
60 years
Hired out on the Virginian
in 1956, Pete Hypes has no
plans to retire
Chase Gunnoe
26
Smoke plumes &
mushroom clouds
Uncle Sam brought one railfan
to see the narrow gauge late in
its life
Roger Cook
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South Dakota
success
Facing a loss of vital rail
service, the state government
inds a solution
Jerry Huddleston
36
Marking the moment
Burlington Northern F45s
ill in on the Utah Railway
over Soldier Summit in the
mid-’80s
David Baer
44
Map of the Month:
Routes of the
Freedom Trains
Follow the complex paths
of the train and its successor
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Freedom Train:
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Memories of a once-in-a-
lifetime tour — behind steam
S.R. Bush and David C. Lester
54
OS, A Cabin
A photo inspires a painting
of a C&O passenger train in
Alleghany, Va.
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56
In My Own Words:
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Md., at sunset on Nov. 13, 2011.
Photo by Mitch Goldman
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BNSF’s Transcon wreck
Hearing trouble on track
Tales from 60 years
How South Dakota got
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Utah and those diesels
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Northeast Corridor
44
Map: Nationwide routes
of the Freedom Train
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Freedom Train memories
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A S S O C I AT E E D I T O R
A new American Freedom Train?
he American Freedom Train of 1975-1976 (pages 46-
53) was an amazing celebration of the nation’s 200
th
birthday. America’s 250
th
anniversary is coming up in 10
years. Now is the time to begin planning a new Freedom
Train, a rolling showcase of the country and its railroads.
Railroading has lost none of is allure in
the 40 years since the 1970s Freedom
Train cut a red, white, and blue path
across the country. Ordinary citizens will
lock to the tracks and to display sites,
given the opportunity. What railroading
does lack is visibility and polish. he rail-
road business is not high in the conscious-
ness of most Americans.
A two-year touring American Freedom
Train of the 21
st
century could tell the
American story, highlight the railroad role
in the development of the nation, and
speak to railroading’s importance today.
Remember the BNSF Railway commercial
a few years back that showed a family in
their living room and how everything they
touched was courtesy of the railroad? hat’s
the consumer angle, and it always works.
A 2026 Freedom Train could also be an
opportunity to further spread the gospel of
grade-crossing safety (please close as many
as possible) and right-of-way safety.
he players needed to do this are out
there — railroads, large and small, are gen-
erally healthy; the tourist railway and rail-
way museum industry has its high points;
and more big steam is alive and ready than
at any point in the last 30 years. he logis-
tics, with a much changed railroad map in
the last 40 years (think of all the routes that
are gone today, and all of the sidings that
are no longer there), would be challenging
but doable. Given the lead time to interest
sponsors, develop the concept, arrange the
route, and get everything together, now is
the time to start. I want to see railroading
inspire another generation with a new
Freedom Train. Let’s plan to be there for
the opening of the new American Freedom
Train, 21
st
century edition.
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