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Trains

Regulators reject UP-NS merger application • STB says filing was incomplete; railroads to try again, provide more information

Merger dominates talk at MARS • CEOs from UP, BNSF, CPKC square off with opposing visions of benefits, drawbacks

Brightline faces debt issues • Deferred interest payment comes as change in operating strategy shows dividends

CSX lays off managers, furloughs conductors

NEWS PHOTOS

Why Tier 4 diesels sound different • You can hear technological advances at work in Wabtec’s popular road units

When merger plans collide with reality • Railroads promise the moon to sell their mergers, but Conrail split and UP-SP provide cautionary tales

Let’s cooperate more to catch up to trucks • Growth depends on railroads focusing less on themselves and more on creating a single, interconnected system

American Freedom Train No. 1 unveiled after cosmetic restoration • B&O Railroad Museum begins its America 250 celebration

Colebrookdale Railroad introduces sensory car • Restored coach provides barrier-free education venue

Power & Grace

BORDER TO BORDER THE HARD WAY • The West Coast in five days and 33 trains: A last look before the railpocalypse?

Back from the Brink • Rebuilding CSX’s Blue Ridge Subdivision

Welcome to the Blue Ridge Sub

Rebuilding the CSX Blue Ridge Sub

$85 BILLION BET ON GROWTH • The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination will reverse years of market share loss to the highway, the railroads say

RESHAPING UP AND NS • CREATING A 52,215-MILE RAILROAD

LOCOMOTIVE FLEET CHANGES

In the May issue

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