Summer 2023

Classic Trains Summer 2023 Issue

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In this Issue

California Chronicles Scrapbook 2

Throughout the 1950s, pals Bob Townley and Walt Vielbaum recorded a now-lost world of steam, diesel, and traction

Northeast Nostalgia

Three railfans took a roadtrip in 1968. They had no idea how epic it would be

How a River Made a Railroad Great

The Port Road gave the Pennsy the low-grade line it needed

Ed Burkhardt and the All-American Regional Railroad

Wisconsin Central’s co-founder explains its appeal in a candid interview

Passenger Perspectives: Zephyr 9900 and its shiny legacy

The original stainless-steel streamliner sparked a railroad revolution

Welcome  Be careful for what you wish

Head End  A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

Fast Mail   Letters from readers on our Spring 2023 issue

Mileposts  Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe

True Color  Toronto three-in-one

Short Rails  Cornwall Railroad at Lebanon, Pa.

Classics Today  Mark Twain Zephyr reborn

The Way It Was  Tales from railfans and railroaders

Car Stop  Skagit River Railway

Bumping Post  L&N at Lexington, Ky.