For our 50th Episode, we take a look back at one of Phil's favorite magazines: The April, 1980 issue of Trains Magazine.

This includes the UP-MP-WP merger, paying for Penn Central, Amtrak's Hlltopper and Floridian, and diesel-electric locomotive depreciation!

As always, thanks to all of our fellow #RobberBarons out there, and as always, Stop, Look, & Listen!
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Show Bibliography:
1. Trains Magazine. April 1980. Kalmbach Publishing. https://www.trains.com/trn/magazine/archive-access/trains-april-1980/

2. Amtrak Locomotive 900 with Test Train. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Bill Kratville. Accessed June 3, 2024 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amtrak_locomotive_900_with_test_train,_January_1980.jpg

3. O&W SD40-2 9954. Photograph. Flickr. Jay Thomson. Accessed June 3, 2024 https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/9068910755

4. Photo of Amtrak's Hilltopper with an RF&P unit leading. Reddit. Garland Harper. Accessed June 3, 2024 https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/1bjirvg/amtraks_shortlived_and_poorlypatronized/#lightbox

5. Alaska Railroad 1070. ALCO FR-1. Trainweb.org. Accessed June 3, 2024
http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/images/ARR1070.jpg

6. Amtrak SDP40F 502 at Oklahoma City, OK. Railpictures.net. Charles Stookey. Accessed June 3, 2024
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/596029/

Today's Intro March: Marche Militaire Francaise by The President's Own, US Marine Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvfvADQ8Sc
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