September 2024
The September 2024 issue of Trains Magazine.
Featured
In this Issue
NJ Transit’s Heritage locomotive wraps and colorful schemes
Inside a quarter-century’s work to launch 110-mph Amtrak running in the Land of Lincoln
Ex-Southern Pacific route to Placerville mixes freight, light rail, and two heritage lines
Recalling a final passenger run on New York City’s West Side Freight Line
Rule G and confronting the elephant in the room
Explore the heart of the Windy City’s rail scene, where 18 rail lines host 650 daily trains along 42 miles of Cicero Avenue
Images of California railroading through the lens of photographer Bill Steck
In every issue
News, p. 6
- Michigan Central Station celebrates revival; NTSB sets final report on East Palestine derailment
Bill Stephens, p. 10
- Named passenger trains connect past and present
Preservation, p. 44
- Flooding on the Big Sioux River has inundated the Sioux City, Iowa, Railroad Museum
Brian Solomon, p. 46
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Traveling the Main Line today on Amtrak’s Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains
