Eric RibackEric Riback is president of Bella Terra Publishing and has been in the map business since 1980. He is a former president of the International Map Industry Association and NorthEast Map Organization. As a preteen in the Bronx, he had a great Lionel laout and a striped engineer's hat. Beyond regular rides on the New York City subways, his first rail memories are taking the New Haven Railroad from Grand Central Terminal to visit his grandparents, and a steam engine trip on the Strasburg Rail Road.

Editor and art director Bella Stander is publisher of Bella Terra Publishing. She always takes a river-view seat when riding the MTA Hudson Line or Amtrak Empire Service.