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Annual Index
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Staff
As of November 2021: Brian M. Schmidt, Editor Lisa M. Schroeder, Assistant Design Director Monica Freitag, Editorial Assistant Michael Wieloch, Advertising Sales Representative […]
Special Issues
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Mountain Railroads
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Stories about Steam
Classic Trains presents Stories about Steam, a six-part series from the era of great locomotives. In this free, 20-page download, you will receive the following stoires: Queen of the First Ladies, all about the Southern’s streamlined Ps-4s Steam’s Dream Team, showcasing a lineup of five great steam engines Bad Coal, a tale of how […]
Penn Central and its Predecessors
Read unique stories about the railroads that eventually made up the Penn Central: Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central and New Haven. In this free 20-page download, you will receive the following: The Broadway’s Best Years: Pennsylvania Railroad’s post-World War II glory after decades of playing second fiddle to the 20th Century Limited My Summer in […]
Did we stop you? | Classic Trains Magazine
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Did we stop you? | Classic Trains Magazine
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Remembering Pacific Electric Railway freight service
All this month — October 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Pacific Electric Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include PE electric-, diesel-, and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
Produce packing
Several packing houses were located in close proximity to each other along the Santa Fe in Placentia, Calif. Styles varied from the frame building at left to the concrete structure at center. Note the semaphore signal installations at right. Photo by Tom Baxter […]
