July 2023

In every issue Trains.com, p. 4 Need more Trains? Check out this handy guide to the latest additions to our website, Trains.com News, p. 6 Trains interviews Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw; railroads face new scrutiny on train lengths Bill Stphens p. 10 Railroads are under a cloud of suspicion as high-profile derailments put a […]

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June 2023

red and yellow locomotive on June 2023 cover

In every issue News p. 4 The Kansas City Southern/Canadian Pacific merger changes the railroad scene Preservation p. 44 Famed Alco PA locomotive has found a new home Ask Trains p. 46 What are ‘Tier 4 credits’ and ‘credit unit’ locomotives? […]

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May/June 2023

An image of the Classic Toy Trains magazine cover for May/June 2023

Also in this issue: EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4 LETTERS, pg. 6 MODERN ERA NOTES, pg. 8 PHOTO ALBUM, pg. 10 NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 14 Atlas O offerings, the newest from MTH QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, pg. 20 S GAUGE NOW AND THEN, pg. 22 VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 24 WEEKEND WORKSHOP, pg. 44 REVIEWS, […]

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Spring 2023

The Classic Trains cover for Spring 2023

Welcome  Change is in the air Head End  A potpourri of railroad history, then and now Fast Mail  Letters from readers on our Winter 2022 issue Mileposts  Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe True Color  Flavors of 45s on the Santa Fe Short Rails Northwestern Steel & Wire at Sterling, Ill. Passenger Perspective  New York Central’s 20th […]

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June 2023

The Model Railroader cover for June 2023

Also in this issue: In Memoriam, pg. 6 Malcolm Furlow, 1946-2023 FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8 Why I enjoy model railroad operations NEWS AND PRODUCTS, pg. 12 Hobby industry news RAILROAD POST OFFICE, pg. 18 Letters from our readers ASK MR, pg. 20 What’s up with that strange tender truck? STEP BY STEP, pg. 24 How to […]

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