greetings fellow railfans.have any of you read the latest magazine on locomotives 2008?and if so what was your favorite article?
The only one worth reading to me was about building new locomotives (GE). For what it provided I thought it was WAAAY overpriced. To me it belonged in “Trains” as a feature article.
I liked the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville article the best. Yes the magazine is too expensive for what you get. Articles like 2008 Motive Power Review, Last of the Chiefs, and Birth of a Locomotive all belong in Trains. The seperate issue thing dilutes the quality of Trains which should be the publisher and readers concern.
Other than the above I have no strong feelings about this topic.
I’ve been reading Trains for 39 years next month
Ed Cooper
Shelbyville, KY
My favorite was the article about Pacific Harbor Line and the upgrading of its roster, replacing all of the secondhand power.
I really enjoyed the entire issue!
Locomotive 2008 is really good. I’m a huge Santa Fe enthusiast so I mainly enjoyed the article on the FP45’s. It was appropriate since it was written by Mike Martin.
Also, the article about the former Ann Arbor GP35’s was surprising. The building of the Evolution Series was very imformative.
I enjoyed the GE article but it was not worth the price. It just seemed a light in content. Frankly, I would prefer to see Trains make the October issue back into the motive power issue and drop the special issue nonsence.
I read the Locomotive edition at the newsstand. The only thing I found interesting was the building of the loco. I had subscribed to Trains for 1 year and didn’t renew this year. In Canada, the mag is ridiculously expensive ($50+ USD) for the content you get. If they had more advertising, I’m sure the price would drop. However, railroad enthusiasts are too few and far between to have any advertising impact in Trains. I can read any issue at a newsstand in 10-15 minutes cover to cover. I’m only interested in motive power and modern stories. I could care less about the business end of railroading and its history.
i will have to agree 100% percent the magazine is too overpriced and especially if you live in canada with the exchange rate.
I still haven’t recieved my copy in the mail yet.[sigh]
I saw a copy at my local Barnes & Noble store, pick it up, glanced at the contents, liked the story on the birth of a locomotive, saw the price, and put it back on the shelf. Way too expencive for the one article I was interested in reading.
That one story, “Birth of a locomotive” could easly have been placed in a regular issue of “Trains”.
Mark.
2x but I was a fool and bought the magazine before glanced the contents. [banghead]
I enjoyed the articles about the GEs and the NJT GP40PH-2s because i see them all the time, so it was cool to find out more
I do see the point of those who find the issue lacking in value. However, I read it while killing time in airports and riding Metra to/from O’Hare and find it a nice diversion from the newspapers and such. Having seen the Annie locos in 1967 firsthand and the Santa Fe '45s in both their passenger heyday and reincarnations in the Superfleet, I enjoyed most of the articles (though not through all yet). The Livonia, Avon & Lakeville story was slightly disappointing, as I had hoped for more “meat” after viewing the Trains Alco DVD. And what a tragedy that Kevin died before completing the Alco resurrections.
I picked up my copy today and I think its a terrific read,the photos are excellent and for someone in Australia who likes U.S diesels…especially FP45’s, its a great magazine even at the local price of $15 and a good follow on from the 2007 edition!