Railfan & Railroad Magazine May 2023

FEATURES:

• Metro-North at 40 • by Otto M. Vondrak — Approaching middle age, the venerable commuter railroad faces some new challenges with reduced ridership in the wake of a post-pandemic world.
• Eastern Idaho • by James R. Doughty — This busy short line features an all-EMD roster serving small farming towns in the Magic Valley of southern Idaho.
• A Decade of D&H Alco PAs • by Otto M. Vondrak — The arrival of four Alco PAs in 1967 ushered in a decade of colorful Delaware & Hudson passenger operations.
• White Pass in Transition • by Gordon Lloyd Jr. — With new management come new diesels to replace White Pass & Yukon’s fleet of vintage GE and Alco units.
• From B&O to BIP • by Isaac Miller — This ex-Baltimore & Ohio line in West Virginia has been transformed into Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad.