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.
Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today’s freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You’ll also see images and read stories from railroading’s glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It’s all in the pages of Trains magazine.
Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today’s freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You’ll also see images and read stories from railroading’s glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It’s all in the pages of Trains magazine.
Features
CPR’s Belleville Sub
A dispatcher rides along with a train crew to learn about conditions on this busy Ontario freight line.
The steam world of Victor Hand
Every time Hand lost a job or a railroad where he worked went under, his portfolio of black-and-white photos grew.
Map of the Month: Multiple-track main lines
Railroads have invested millions in ambitious track expansion projects – and this map shows you why it’s necessary! There’s a dearth of multiple-track lines in the U.S.
Did a conspiracy really kill the streetcar?
Sinister plots hatched by oil, rubber, and auto interests did not cause the streetcar to disappear, says one transit veteran. There were larger, more powerful forces at work.
Railroad Reading: The ‘Century’ in sections
Early in the 1960s, you could still see traces of greatness swirl around the New York Central’s most famous named passenger train as it rolled west, in sections no less.
NEWS
Railroad News & Photos
Amtrak’s board moves to spin off the Northeast Corridor.
Don Phillips
Jim Bistline lived and loved railroading, and a lot more.
Locomotives
Your locomotive has been through a hurricane. Now what?
Passenger
An emotional homecoming for the City of New Orleans.
City Rail
When winter comes, rail transit vehicles must still roll.
Technology
Wood, concrete, steel or plastic – whatever they’re made of, blessed be the ties that bind our tracks.
Preservation
Nation’s newest rail museum opens in KC.
Fantrip
Want some good steam pictures?
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