Railfan & Railroad Magazine July 2024

Features:

Genesee & Wyoming at 125 • by OTTO VONDRAK  — What began as a lucrative salt mining enterprise in western New York has expanded in the last 40 years into the largest short line operator in the world.

Trowbridge Tower  • by JACK BARBIER — Trackside memories of railfanning at Grand Trunk Western’s Trowbridge Tower, where Chesapeake & Ohio crossed the busy main line between Lansing and East Lansing, Michigan. 

From Maine Coast to Midcoast • by JUSTIN FRANZ — Decades of change as several operators try to find success on the state-owned former Maine Central Rockland Branch, culminating in Finger Lakes Railway’s Midcoast Railservice.

Big Day on a Little Railroad  • by DAVID R. BUSSE —A chance encounter with Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Railroad resulted in recording the venerable short line operating  a special excursion for a local nursery school.

Sand, Steel, and The Sahara • by BRICE DOUGLAS — In Africa, the adventurous railfan can see, photograph, and even ride behind EMD exports hauling heavy ore trains across the Sahara Desert.

Departments:

• Departures — Commentary/Alexander Benjamin Craghead 
   Exports and Expats
• Railnews — Top news stories and reader-submitted photos
• Transit Currents — Transit news/compiled by Bob Gallegos
• Railroadiana — New product, book, and video reviews
• Timetable — railroad event listings submitted by our readers
• LocoNotes — Diesel spotters/compiled by Kenneth M. Ardinger
• Through My Lens — Trackside memories/Kevin EuDaly 
   Always Never Say Die
• High Iron — Railroaders share their stories/Matt Walker 
    Bait and Switch and Other Tales
• Camera Bag — Photography tips and techniques/Jeffrey Smith 
    Storage Strategies for Digital Photos: 2
• Destinations — Detours and distractions/Joseph Zadeh 
    Northern Ohio: A Railfan Destination
• Markers — Additional thoughts from your editors
• Parting Shot — Zach Kedge