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This magazine is probably the best from an observer and hobbyist standpoint.It simply can't be beat to enjoy the pure pleasure of railroading.Other magazines,such as Railway Age and Progressive Railroads are helpful,but look into them too deeply and you will find that their goal is to remove much of what we find pleasurable in railroading through technological advances;in fact I find reading them depressing at times,but they are strictly aimed at the manager's point of view,that is,to improve the profitability of their business.Traffic World is primarily geared toward trucking and overseas shipping,and their overall views of railroads is actually quite negative;not to mention that the subscription price is criminal(last I knew that it was $125/year!-10 years ago)and it is very 'stuffy' reading-OK if your'e into tariffs and lots of legalese.The only item I find of use in Traffic World is that they have up to the minute info on line abandonments,ownership changes,etc. on rail lines-but it costs way too much for a quarter-page of news useful to us.I only read it because my former employer subscribed to it(a short line).Trains now has this information now in their issues under their news items,and it's been new for a few months now.Other railfan magazines,such as "Railroad and Railfan" and "Railpace",just does'nt seem to have the flavor and esscence that Trains puts into their work-they seem kind of hokey and <br />simplistic,or "un-professional"?They cater to the real 'die-hards' of the hobby-ones who take loco numbers too seriously(although I do not think less of them for it).Of those,"Railpace" is the better of the two-it has great up to date news on the short-line industry,and I wi***rains would do more of the same.All in all,Trains has the staff,the maps,artwork and background research to make it "the"one-I too keep every issue on my bookshelf and refer to them often.I know that I will need binders for them,but I will go broke if I bought them now!
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