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Trains Magazine 2012 April Myths and Legends Al Capone rides the rails to Alcatr
Trains Magazine 2012 April
Myths and Legends
24 Searching for the Andrews Raiders
One hundred fifty years later, the Great Locomotive Chase still echoes along CSX tracks in north Georgia Kevin P. Keefe
36
Speed and spectacle
The incredible run of Death Valley Scotty, and why he was a complete fraud
John Hankey
60
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
The outlaws made Union Pacific mad enough to send a posse out for them
Andrew Gulliford
46
Railroads and the sinking of 'Titanic'
When R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, it changed the course of North American railroad history Daniel Machalaba
66
Track 61
The who's who of Grand Central's secret Track 61: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alco PAs, Andy Warhol, and more
Karl Zimmermann
52
Who was the steel drivin' man?
Did John Henry fight the steam drill at Great Bend Tunnel or was it a tall tale? Bob Withers
74
Capone rides the rails to Alcatraz
Al "Scarface" Capone rode trains coast to coast, sometimes by choice and sometimes by force
Jackson McQuigg
NEWS
8 News & Photos 11 Don Phillips
14 Locomotive 16 Passenger
18 Fred W. Frailey 20 Technology
24 The Great Locomotive Chase
36 Death Valley Scotty's fast ride
Speed and spectacle
The incredible run of Death Valley Scotty, and why he was a complete fraud
John Hankey
46 Rail dreams lost with the 'Titanic'
52 John Henry vs. the steam drill
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
5 Railway Post Office 80 Ask TRAINS
82 Preservation
86 Trackside
ON THE COVER The Confederate locomotive Texas chases the General in a painting by Mitch Markovitz.
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