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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
Trains Express January 2010 downloadable package
Penn Station: How Do They Do It?
See how steel-nerved railroaders move 1,290 trains a day through America's busiest basement
Bob Johnston

Bonus Content: Take a look at time-sequenced photos of Penn Station action and video screens at Central Control.
Cascade Tunnel: An Engineering Mistake
A railroad bottleneck that didn't have to be
T. Michael Power

Bonus Content: Check out a Great Northern promo graphic for its new Cascade Tunnel.
The African Phoenix
An American company saved a railroad by shaking up the rules and doing things differently
Paul Ash

Bonus Content: Author and photographer Paul Ash shares more photos of the two African railroads that the Railroad Development Corp. helped to improve.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: This is a Mickey Mouse Railroad!
Come behind the scenes at Disney's Florida railroad
By Bob Withers
Pan Am's Second Takeoff
Partnership with Norfolk Southern paves the way into Boston and beyond
Fred W. Frailey

Bonus Content: Here's Pan Am's locomotive roster as of September 2009.
Trains: A Rolling Playground?
Children risk their lives for the thrill of riding a freight car
By Nick Suydam
Map of the Month: U.S. ton-miles, 1978-2008
Class I railroad volumes have doubled, albeit with fewer names
By Curtis W. Richards
Railroad Reading: The US Finally Wins the War of 1812
An American diesel rescues an ailing British 2-8-2
J.W. Swanberg

Bonus Content: J.W. Swanberg's international adventure continues with more Spanish rail photos.
News
News & Photos
Warren Buffett bets big on BNSF Railway • Rail vs. highways in Congress
Don Phillips
Freight rail is the future
Fred W. Frailey
Those Big Mama freights aren't going to waddle away
Technology
Improving hazmat transportation
Locomotive
Norfolk Southern debuts battery switcher • GE ships 'PowerHaul' diesels to UK
Passenger
With $40 million in stimulus money, Amtrak stations around the country will be improved

Bonus Content: See a complete list of Amtrak station improvements, and ridership and revenue comparison of all Amtrak routes.
City Rail
Phoenix Valley Metro light rail is swarming with passengers and beat ridership expectations

Bonus Content: See a map of Phoenix Valley Metro's light rail line.
Departments
From the Editor
Welcome to Trains magazine's 70th year
Fantrip
Showing digital photography on you big screen TV
Preservation
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RS1 No. 101 restored by Soo Line Historical & Technical Society
Ask Trains
Remote control locomotives • Gage tolerances
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