Trains – September 2019

The other pass

p. 34

Not as well known as

Tehachapi and Cajon,

Southern California’s

Beaumont Hill is worthy

of attention

David Lustig

New Acela rising

p. 42

Alstom and Amtrak give

TRAINS first look at Acela 21,

set to debut in 2021

Bob Johnston

In My Own Words:

Blue Island

operator — and

crew caller p. 46

Learning the job by the day

on the Grand Trunk Western

D.R. Yoder

Gallery p. 60

Various photographers

A pair of locomotives

leads a 93-car Union

Pacific manifest freight

east while climbing

Beaumont Hill near El

Casco, Calif., on June 23,

2016. Matt Van Hattem

Features

The Consolidation

p. 20

The creation and

development of the

do-it-all steam locomotive

Ed King Jr.

COVER STORY

Flying low p. 28

Boeing’s 737 has a

unique path to flight

Robert W. Scott

In this issue

September 2019

Vol. 79, No. 9