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The article informs that the railroad industry is performing very well and generated modest to strong business in 2011. It has been speculated that the industry will further do better in 2012. It has been informed that Norfolk Southern (NS) supplemented its physical plant investments by RailEdge Movement Planner software. According to Fred Ehlers, vice president of customer service at NS, Movement Planner helps in creating and executing an optimum plan for operating the railroad.

The article presents questions and answers related to trains including the uses of air hoses; the duties of a yardmaster; and the railroads that passed through Kendallville, Indiana route between 1915 and 1955.

The article presents questions and answers related to trains including the definition of Mallets, history of the MK5000C locomotives and the reason for mandating that a buffer car is set between the motive power and tank cars on the Montana Rail Link.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroads including how to set out a RoadRailer trailer from the middle of a train, why some railroads go by railway while others use railroad, and the significance of the numbers describing sleeping cars.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroads including the air tanks mounted on the roof of the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern GP9 No. 137 train, why a hi-rail vehicle does not activate wayside signals or crossing lights and bells when operating on rails, and the reason of Union Pacific for switching its passenger trains on the Chicago-Omaha segment from Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee Road in Illinois.

This article offers a number of tips for traveling through railroad trains in the U.S. in autumn 2007. According to the author, some of the best fall foliage year after year is found in the Northeast, including all of the New England states, plus New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She also recommends select spots from Minnesota to Michigan. In addition, the author suggests to take pictures just before sunset and just after sunrise.

The article presents questions and answers related to trains. One person asks about the Norfolk & Western locomotive 2300. A reader questions the difference between the American railroad job terms "hogger" and "hostler." Another reader asks about why the derail is locked on the rail if there are no cars in the siding.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroad cars and trains. One reader inquires about the two different power distribution schemes in a BNSF intermodal train. Another asks what happened to the passenger cars used for the American Freedom Train in 1975-1976. A reader asks about the meaning of a blue light and blue metal board on a metal rod clamped to a nearby railhead of a commuter train.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroads and trains. A reader asks if there is a reason behind the pattern on the railheads within the diamond at Savanna, Illinois. Another wants to know the meaning of dapping of railroad. One reader asks about the meaning of phrase set and centered used by train crews while switching.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroading. One reader asks about the use of the red headlight on some SP locomotives. Another reader asks about the practice by train crews to call out their train number, location and direction whenever they approached and passed through towns in the U.S., while another asks about the equipment and strategies used by railroads to keep their engine's cooling system from freezing during a below-freezing weather.

The article answers several questions about trains and railroads. The Soo Line got its nickname from its original full name, the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Sault, pronounced Sot, is the nickname for the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario and far eastern Upper Michigan. A MacArthur was a 2-8-2, usually a Mikado but which was renamed by some carriers, for Gen, Douglas MacArthur, during the World War It era, when anything indicating a Japanese connection was considered not in good taste.

The article focuses on the expansion of the railroad services of Metra in Chicago, Illinois in late January 2006. The firm has added seven stations and 52 trains. Metro also invested in the installation of a coach yard in Elburn. The service expansions present flexible travel options to suburb-to-suburb and reverse-commuters.

The article discusses problems with concrete ties and whether railroads can rely on them. Concrete ties consist of clips, shoulders, and pads that ensure the rail is in alignment with the tie underneath, and steel shoulders cast into concrete ties provide an anchor for the clip to attach to. Scientist J. Riley Edwards and his colleagues at the University of Illinois have based their research on the design and performance of ties in challenging operating conditions.

The article offers various suggestions on railroad sound recordings. It is suggested to use basic digital recorders from popular companies like Olympus, Phillips, Sanyo, or Sony with built-in microphones and several recording modes. It is recommended that field recording shoud be done close to the subject. It is stated that one can recuce background sounds by using an external microphone, if the recorder is fitted with a microphone jack.

The article presents questions and answers related to trains, including the kind of arrangements are made for a railroad's motive power to roam on another trackage, the kind of channels used by train engineer or conductor to communicate with car attendants and the purpose of elephant ear devices.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroad. One person asks if Presidents Conference Committee trolleys are still in service in the U.S. and where. Another questions the existence of rolling stock train of Burlington Northern. A reader asks what are the definitions of brake pipe reduction and bailing off.

The article presents questions and answers related to railroads. A reader asks about Amtrak's Blue Water Limited, consisting of four cars with a GE P42 diesel on each end. Another reader inquires about the meaning of restricted speed in freight-train. Another reader asks about the requirements needed to make a railroad car non-compliant.

Reports on the detainment of Paul Burgess and Randy Olson, two railfans who photographed a F40C train of Metra in Illinois, by local police and Metra commuter rail authorities. Overview of the incident; Issues on photography rights raised by Metra police; Clarification made by Fred Leonard, chief of Metra Police, regarding railroad photography rights.