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Now IHB takes automobile trains from the Eastern roads, classifies them into automobile trains for the Western roads, and delivers the goods, undamaged. It's what puts you aboard the CBNP-10 (Council Bluffs-North Platte, originating May 10) of Conductor Tamisiea and Engineer Dennis O'Connor a garden-variety "boxcar train" whose 95 cars nonetheless demonstrate that the revolution sweeping this industry is affecting even the most mundane services. Fred used UP's Council Bluffs, Iowa-North Platte, Neb., merchandise train CPNP-10 and its trip across UP's busy Overland Route to illustrate how freight railroads reinvented themselves in the 15 years since the Staggers Act of 1980 had partially deregulated the industry. Features Countdown to 1,000 ISSUES THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRAINS - SUPER RAILROAD!. [Extracted from the article] |
