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
Bonus Content
Download our latest pdf package and read more about Wheeling & Lake Erie!
The Journey of a Train
How one trip tells the story of railroading today
Map of the Month: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
A snapshot of 24 hours on the Wheelng & Lake Erie: its trains, routes, and biggest yard
Steeling Beauty
On the Wheeling, success is carved in stone, forged in steel, and molded in plastics. Online Bonus: Learn more about how W&LE’s trains move safely over the road.
Wheeling offsets the fuel-pricing pain
The W&LE spends $30,000 a day – and is beating the odds
Wheeling’s Wheels
At Brewster shop, clanging tools give way to a throaty roar Online Bonus: W&LE’s locomotive roster!
From Light Weight to Heavy Duty
With work and loans, W&LE has tonnage-worthy tracks
Loyal to Larry
CEO Larry Parsons has a way of bringing out the best in his people and earning their loyalty
Who are these guys?
Dedication, traffic diversification, and Parsons make the W&LE a success. Online Bonus: See a map of W&LE’s predecessors!
Taking Stock
It takes planning, precision, and hard work to keep a fleet of 2,800 cars moving
Railroad Reading
Rabbit catches the snake: A rookie switchman plays a joke on an old head
Gallery
Union Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Metro-North; and BNSF
NEWS
News & Photos
Export coal traffic heats up again
Don Phillips
Tom Murray
Technology
W&LE has a secret weapon in dark territory
Locomotive
EDM returns to re-power market
Passenger
Misery for Missouri’s ‘Mules’
City Rail
Commuter trains return to Austin, Texas
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Fantrip
The railroads, they are a-changin’
Preservation
Railroad history lives on W&LE
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