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Published: November 29, 2007
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Come along on unforgettable journeys!

From luxurious Pullmans to splintery old cabooses, All Aboard! features firsthand accounts of the pleasures, thrills, and occasional danger that were part of the train-riding experience in the age of steam and early diesels.

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Enjoy the most popular maps from Trains’ Map of the Month series in Railroad Maps!


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Experience a locomotive flashback!
Don't miss Heritage Power, a new speical issue from Trains magazine that celebrates Norfolk Southern's Heritage Fleet!

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Trains of the 1950s

Define a decade of transition with a spectacular photo gallery and compelling stories about North American railroad operations, streamlined passenger trains, locomotives and railroaders who witnessed the most significant changes in railroad history!

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What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?
Defective equipment. Weather. Human Error. All have contributed to tragedy on the tracks. Take a revealing look at some of the worst railroad accidents in history in the digital edition of Train Wrecks.


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See raw power up close!
Locomotive 2012 brings you the latest trends and advancements in modern motive power, plus pays tribute to the majestic models of the past!

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Steam Glory 3

Look back at the complex legacy of Pennsy’s T1 duplex-drive passenger engine. Review the pros and cons of Santa Fe’s engines with Jack Elwood. View North Western’s racy Class D Atlantics through the lens of photographer A.W. Johnson. Read fascinating stories, view spectacular photos, and more!

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Celebrate the locomotives...
that defined the final, glorious decades of the steam era with this special collector’s edition, Fantasic 4-8-4 Locomotives. Learn about the various designs and how railroads in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico used them. See rare, dramatic photos of these giants at work. Recall the excursion careers of more than a dozen 4-8-4’s.

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Savor the End of an Era
This special issue resumes the epic quest of the 1953-1954 and 1954-1955 editions. Writer David P. Morgan and photographer Philip R. Hastings savor the final, bittersweet years of steam on the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Nickel Plate Road, Canadian National, and other citadels of cinders... In Search of Steam III.

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Experience Railroading from the Inside
Get an up-close perspective with this rich compliation of first-hand accounts from railroaders in the age of steam and early diesels...Working on the Railroad.

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