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Trains Magazine • October 1, 2021

Electrifying the Commutes

Amid a crisis that took away 95% of Caltrain's regular riders, the San Francisco Bay Area commuter railroad is forging ahead with the largest mainline electrification project in 20 years.
Trains Magazine • July 1, 2021

The Railcars That Fought a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic struck a blow to Amtrak, commuter rail, transit systems, and freight railroads, but a century ago America’s railroads helped control another, even more deadly disease.
Trains Magazine • August 1, 2021

Long Island Bets Big on Growth

Soon, East Side Access, an $11.1 billion multi-decade project, will take Long Island trains to Grand Central Terminal. “Next year, when we finish all of this, this is going to be a transformational moment for the Long Island Rail Road,” Janno Lieber, acting CEO of the MTA.
Trains Magazine • May 1, 2021

The Moment of Birth

How Amtrak came to be, revealed through interviews with the behind-the-scenes government staffers that wrote the plan for the nation's passenger railroad 50 years ago.
Trains Magazine - "Big Projects" • December 1, 2020

On Borrowed Time

Amtrak's Hudson Tunnels are at risk of failure, but can funding be found to replace them?
Trains Magazine - "Big Projects" • December 1, 2020

The Need To Build

Big projects are essential to railroading, but they keep getting more difficult.
Trains magazine • July 1, 2020

Amtrak After Anderson

Cover story, July 2020 issue, profiling outgoing and incoming Amtrak CEOs.
Trains magazine • February 1, 2020

Northeast Corridor chokepoint: Baltimore's overshadowed tunnel

Cover story, February 2020 issue

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