EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN. In Saturday's mail, the latest issue of Trains.

January 1949, November 1966, December 2006, January 2007.

The new cover looks right, and we're once again reading THE Magazine of Railroading.

In one of the redesigns (why does Corporate America insist on such things?) not shown in the picture, the slogan became "The Leading Magazine of Railroading" or some such nuanced thing. I had the opportunity to tease then-Editor Rob McGonigal, a well-known Pennsy fan, about R₇ The Standard Railroad Of The World + deciding to become "The Northeast's Pretty Good Railroad." Sometimes one has to persevere.

Inside the latest issue: Illinois is the Greatest Railroad State, and you'll see a few pictures from the neighborhood.