Summer 2024

Classic Trains Summer 2024 issue

Circle Trip to the West Coast

Late in the passenger-train era, a young West Virginian finds fascinating variety on several Western railroads

Cab Ride on IC’s Racetrack 1963

This City of New Orleans adventure was part of a one-day Midwest circle trip that included the Wabash Cannon Ball and Pennsy’s South Wind

A Banquet of Passenger Trains

A U.S.-Canada circle trip was a deep dive into railroading, 1977 style

Brief Encounters

Photos from the trains Wallace W. Abbey rode

By Train to Hay River

A once-in-a-lifetime trip over the Northern Alberta Railways and the Great Slave Lake Railway

Chicago & North Western’s bilevel Flambeau 400

Passengers enjoyed top service between to northern Wisconsin on distinctive bilevel equipment

Welcome – Go ride a train

Head End – A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

Fast Mail – Letters from readers on our Spring 2024 issue

Mileposts – Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe

True Color – Union Pacific mixed in Nebraska

Sequence – Santa Fe’s Grand Canyon on Raton Pass

Short Rails – Chattahoochee Valley Railway

Classics Today – Classic train journeys with a modern twist

Looking Back – ‘Pals through the years’