Classic Trains is a quarterly magazine celebrating the “golden years of railroading.” Each issue covers the North American railroad scene from the 1920s to the late 1970s with extraordinary photographs and compelling writing. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, down-home local trains, great passenger terminals, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers . . . they’re all in the pages of Classic Trains.
Feature Articles
O-5 Finale
See more Jim Shaughnessy photos of O-5’s from his November 1956 trip, plus video of CB&Q 5632 from the Herron Rail Video archives.
To Hot Springs, Va., by Pullman
Ingles Color Classics: Saved by the Rail Travel Card
A Train for CEOs
Early Days in the O.C.
Read more stories about Santa Fe’s Surf Line between Los Angeles and San Diego, and check out the video of Santa Fe E1’s from the Herron Rail Video archives.
Bird’s Eye View: Hagerstown: WM’s Heart
Extended Family
Hard Times
Doings around Dante
In Every Issue
Welcome
Exploring the railroad world
Contributors
Meet this issue’s crew
Head End
Norfolk Southern marks 30 years with heritage diesels and steam trips
Fast Mail
Letters from our readers
True Color
New Haven Alco S1 No. 0966 in 1962
Fallen Flags Remembered
Green Bay & Western: more than Alcos
Classics Today
Hagerstown’s rail heritage
The Way it Was
‘Most Dangerous Task I Ever Performed’ • Big Town, No Main Lines • ‘One of the New Guys’ • Noontime at Gothenburg • One Day on the Seaboard
Ready Track
Reviews of new books and new DVD
Car Stop
Timeless trolleys of the Big Easy
Second Section
A tale of five O-5’s
Bumping Post
Pennsylvania Railroad’s fire-prone Philadelphia fortress, Broad Street Station
