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
The Prize
How three railroad leaders set the stage for CSX and Norfolk Southern to wage a fierce bidding war for Conrail.
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In the July issue of TRAINS, author and former Fortune Magazine associate editor takes you behind the scenes of the events leading up to one of railroading’s great battles: the bidding war for Conrail between CSX and Norfolk Southern. But before Conrail was split apart in 1999, it was formed in 1976 from portions of various eastern railroads–including some of the country’s most famous names and routes. To see which railroads formed the Conrail merger family tree. If you want to buy Loving’s book, see the Indiana University Press Web site.
Experience counts aboard the Ocean
On its Montreal-Halifax route, VIA Rail Canada is transforming what a passenger train can be.
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Want to take a ride on VIA Rail Canada’s Ocean ? See their Web site.
Louisville’s latest slugger
The Louisville & Indiana Railroad has faced adversity but keeps on swinging.
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For the latest news on the Louisville & Indiana Railroad, click here.
The ties that bind
Learning about trackwork, and railroaders, on the Grand Trunk Western in 1979.
Artrain USA
The gallery on wheels.
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All aboard Artrain USA! Find out when it’s in your area. See their Web site.
Map of the Month: Canada’s grain network
From a 1935 peak of nearly 20,000 miles, Canada’s grain-gathering rail lines have evolved
NEWS
Railroad News & Photos:
Conrail, 30 years later; rethinking regulation.
Don Phillips:
In Europe, it isn’t the train; it’s the scenery.
Tom Murray:
Can’t railroads and their customers just get along?
Technology:
LORAM’s unusual machines grind the rails.
Locomotives:
Why Metrolink bought and sold SD60s.
Passenger:
New station platform standards draw scrutiny.
City Rail:
DMUs arrive as Florida Tri-Rail is poised for growth.
Fantrip:
GPS helps you find the trains
ONLINE EXTRA:
Are you an avid train chaser? Could a GPS unit help you in your quest to find them? See Fantrip author, Erik Bergstrom’s helpful hints on choosing a GPS unit that will suit your needs.
Preservation:
Big Chinese steam is headed to the heartland.
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