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
Six-Coupled Gets the Job Done
Big enough to draw visitors, yet small enough to earn its keep, it’s the right-sized engine for tourist and museum lines.
Adirondack Mission
Volunteers with big goals and little money have turned a moribund railroad into a busy tourist line.
Those Who Can, Teach
As railroading becomes more technically demanding, the industry searches for ways to attract and train good talent.
Map of the Month: Makeup of the MoPac
Even in the 1970s, Missouri Pacific boasted five-figure mileage.
Railroad Blueprint: Sand Patch, Pennsylvania
The Baltimore & Ohio’s final decade on its most famous mountain grade.
2005 Guide to Recreational Railroading
Your travel resource for tourist lines, railroad museums, dinner trains, and other rail attractions. Take it with you everywhere!
NEWS
Railroad News & Photos
Bush seeks Amtrak reform … or bankruptcy?
Don Phillips
Chicago railfans are terrorists? Give me a break.
Mark Hemphill
Observations on my career as a railroad writer.
Locomotives
Coming to terms with the SD50 and its reputation.
Passenger
The Northeast Corridor’s infrastructure is in trouble.
City Rail
Agencies weigh costs, benefits of alternate power sources.
Preservation
Buffer zones are expensive but necessary. Illinois Railway Museum is acquiring land before developers can get it.
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