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August 2009

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.
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This month's Trains Express package is free to subscribers. The PDF contains articles about Canadian National, B&O's Jervis Langdon Jr., and the Reading.

Hunter's Way or the Highway

By Fred W. Frailey
Canadian National today is the reflection of one man: Hunter Harrison. But this decisive leader will soon retire, and people are asking what the railroad will be like without him

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Hear audio clips of Hunter Harrison discussing his early career, Chicago, and mergers.

The 'New' B&O

By H. Roger Grant
The early 1960s were a time of turmoil for the Baltimore & Ohio and just the right time for the leadership style of Jervis Langdon Jr.

Map of the Month: Canadian National Predecessors

By Bill Metzger , Matt Van Hattem
In the past 10 years alone, this giant has added 10,000 miles

Going Home

By Karl Zimmermann
The long route to salvation for a Reading Co. 'official car' ends in a bittersweet homecoming

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See more photos of Reading Co. office car No. 15.

Railroad Reading: Levers, Litanies, and Fusees

By Michael Brunetto
A tower operator founders on the Illinois Central Gulf

NEWS

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Ethanol business slows, Modoc Northern closes, KCS improves Mexico connection

Don Phillips

Freight railroading optimism abounds, but Amtrak drifts

Fred W. Frailey

When it comes to the public, railroads just don't get it

Technology

By Sayre C. Kos
Picton ballast integrity sensor alerts railroaders to a range of track roadbed and subgrade failures

Locomotive

By David Lustig
Coast Engine and Equipment Co. closes as recession dries up orders

Passenger

By Bob Johnston
Rail advocates save a Vermont Amtrak train, but budget shortfalls threaten state trains nationwide

City Rail

By Tom Kline
Houston Metrorail has the second-highest ridership per track-mile in the U.S. and will add four new lines

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Amtrak's photo policy: wrong

Preservation

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 hits the road

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Train-watching from an airplane

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Amtrak sleeper placement • Genset locomotives
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FRED FRAILEY You say potAto, I say potOto
TRAIN OF THOUGHT The day when two icons met in Iowa: Big Boy and the electric
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