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March 2013
March 2013 |
Trains magazine covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader.
Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today's freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You'll also see images and read stories from railroading's glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It's all in the pages of Trains magazine. |
Features Back in Black By
Jim Wrinn |
Nocturnal Roll-by By
Scott Lothes
In the predawn darkness in Oregon, a Union Pacific southbound manifest’s conductor inspects a northbound intermodal’s progress
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Smoke on the Water By
Mark A. Perry
Vintage diesels keep Winnipeg’s drinking water clean and available
Bonus Content: Watch video clips of hardworking MLW-built diesels on a little-known Canadian short line
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Railroading Below Sea Level By
Elrond Lawrence |
Map of the Month: Virginia's Tidewater Coal Ports By
Bill Metzger
Railroads of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News in 1954 and 2012
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Letting the Cat out of the Bag By
Chris Guss and Jim Wrinn
An SD70ACe in yellow highlights EMD’s role in the Caterpillar family
Bonus Content: Take a look at SD70ACe No. 1201 inside the Cat plant in this exclusive video
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In My Own Words: Always a Railroader's Daughter By
Suzanne E. Nelson
A girl turns a Pennsy rail yard into her own playground
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News News and Photos
- Rail traffic sees gains and losses for 2012
- Canadian Pacific wants to unload the west end of former DM&E lines
- Watco picks storied Ann Arbor for second Michigan venture
- N.Y. short line fight calls for trail conversion
- Iowa Pacific goes Pacific
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Don Phillips
A railroad revolution comes to Las Vegas
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Fred W. Frailey
Canadian Pacific’s CEO is a welcome enemy of the status quo
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Locomotive
The long and the short of leasing
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Technology
Testing the mettle of freight safety
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Passenger
Pullman Journeys cruises begin
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Departments From the Editor In praise of train depots Ask Trains • Gotthard Base Tunnel
• Air deflectors Preservation • What would it take to fix a Big Boy?
• Idaho welcomes a new tourist line Trackside Glendale, Ohio, provides a quiet and safe view of the tracks, and a good meal, too
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