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December 2011

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Features
December 2011 Trains Express PDF
This month's PDF package includes stories about railroads clearing snow, all for $5.95
Ice Railroaders
By Tom Murray
Despite minus-18-degree temps and 4 feet of snow per month, the Alaska Railroad acts like a Class I railroad ... with both coal and passengers!
Map of the Month: Extreme Weather Railroading
By Mike Smith and Steve Pryor
We map the rail lines subject to the worst weather in the U.S.
Postcards from the Extremes
By various photographers
Where the elements seek to do their worst, railroading's finest triumph
Best Show in the Snow
By
During the harsh winter of 2010-'11, railroads put their plows to work. Photographers turned out to see the show

Bonus Content: Read the tales behind the photos! The photographers blog about their ordeals
Expression of Gratitude
By Pat Hiatte
BNSF Railway's Holiday Express makes memories as it salutes the troops
In My Own Words: The Night I highballed the 'Crescent'
By Jim Wrinn
Would the train stop needlessly or accelerate as I waved the lantern?
News
News & Photos
  • Regulation fight heats up
  • Norfolk Southern's re-entry into steam is different
  • Q & A with new Metra boss

Bonus Content to come: Read more of Trains' interview with Metra CEO Alex Clifford
Don Phillips
Railroads are joining the fight for photographic freedom
Fred W. Frailey
Confessions of a reluctant photographer
City Rail
By Ken Fitzgerald
North Texas' Denton County Transportation Authority receives new railcars
Technology
By Bill Fahrenwald
Web-based programing expands railroad information tracking on a national level
Passenger
By Bob Johnston
Amtrak adds Wi-Fi in Northeast

Locomotive
By David Lustig
First Tier 3 environmental control unit makes a debut in basic EMD blue
Departments
From the Editor
Norfolk Southern returns to running steam locomotives on the main line
Preservation
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary and the return of Norfolk Southern steam to the main line
Ask Trains
• Calculating track grade
• Pandrol rail fasteners
• Circus train routing
Trackside
2012 Photo Contest rules
Nevada Northern Railway and Trains Magazine's Steam, Steel, and Strobes Scholarship
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