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April 2007

April 2007

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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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.

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Features

Birthplace of the Transcon

By Fred W. Frailey

Climb aboard a westbound frieght for a ride on BNSF’s Clovis Sub in New Mexico

2006 Trains/Canon Photo Contest: Against the Elements

From bitter cold to scorching heat, from time to rain and snow, our readers sent their finest

Why the ‘green train’ ran … and doesn’t anymore

By Ron Flanary

Learn about the reasons for starting – and ending – Shamrock Coal’s Oneida & Western unit coal train

1 man, 1 locomotive, 70 years together!

By Kurt F. Anders

From his youth to his occupation, then hobby and passion, Harold Borovec has kept No. 15 close by and steaming in Washington state

Map of the Month: West Coast passenger trains

By Matt Van Hattem

From San Diego to Vancouver, the short-haul passenger train has taken root, and riders have embraced it with fervor and style

Railroad Reading

By Jim Cyphers, as told to Joe Detrixhe

A set of discarded dentures seemed to grow feet in pursuit of an engineer being pranked by his head brakeman

Gallery

History comes alive in color with an Illinois Terminal Class D freight motor in 1953, a Wabash F7A in 1962, and Chicago & North Western semaphores in 2000

NEWS

News & Photos

Railroads work on ”greener” image for the future

Columnist Don Phillips

Columnist Tom Murray

Technology

New shop cleans and repairs cars faster and better

Locomotive

UP equips an SD60M to test emissions reduction

Passenger

Get back to nature on a dome-car ride in Canada

City Rail

Transit systems explore using biodiesel as fuel

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

Isn’t Point A to Point B safest?

Fantrip

Cyber-size your submissions

Preservation

Can steam really be made clean?

Ask Trains

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