April 2012

April 2012

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

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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Trains Express April 2012 Downloadable PDF Package

This month’s PDF package on the General and ore railroad legends and myths is $5.95

Cover Story: Searching for the Andrews Raiders

By Kevin P. Keefe

One hundred fifty years later, the Great Locomotive Chase still echoes along CSX tracks in north Georgia

Speed and Spectacle

By John P. Hankey

The incredible run of Death Valley Scotty, and why he was a complete fraud

Bonus Content: Download or page through Santa Fe’s commemorative booklet on the Scott Special

Railroads and the Sinking of ‘Titantic’

By Dan Machalaba

When R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, it changed the course of North American railroad history

Who was the Steel Drivin’ Man?

By Bob Withers

Did John Henry fight the steam drill at Great Bend Tunnel or was it a tall tale?

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

By Andrew Gulliford

The outlaws made Union Pacific mad enough to send a posse out for them

Track 61

By Karl Zimmermann

The who’s who of Grand Central’s secret Track 61: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alco PAs, Andy Warhol, and more

Capone Rides the Rails to Alcatraz

By Jackson McQuigg

Al “Scarface” Capone rode trains coast to coast, sometimes by choice and sometimes by force. Discover his many faces as a businessman, family man, crime boss, and train enthusiast

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News & Photos

Canadian Pacific fights to save its president
Lockout precedes Electro-Motive London, Ont., factory closure
Amtrak-Canadian National battle

Don Phillips

Dangerous fad prompts Union Pacific photo policy

Locomotive

By David Lustig
Making sense of the Environmental Production Agency’s locomotive emissions tiers

By Chris Guss
BNSF to buy new SD70ACe-P4

Passenger

By Bob Johnston

Faster times on main VIA corridor

Fred Frailey

My love affair with VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian

Technology

By Sayre C. Kos

GE’s RailEdge enables NS to increase train volumes, decrease expenses

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From the Editor

Railroading is a business that’s never boring

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• Operating in push vs. pull
• Land grants
• Odd-looking signal

Preservation

By Bob Johnston
Pullman Sleeping Car Co. to use vintage cars to offer traditional sleeper service on two Amtrak trains

Trackside

By Mike Schaller
Trackside Guide: Arlington, Va.

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