May 2025

The May 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.

Featured

In this Issue

The final ballad

CSX’s Big Sandy Subdivision is the last holdout for C&O US&S cantilever signals

Passage interference

Amtrak and freight railroads square off over how passenger trains should be dispatched

Massachusetts survivor

The 122-year-old Fore River Railroad thrives

Hot Spot: Winlock, Wash.

The roosters, the egg, and a parade of BNSF and UP trains

In My Own Words: "Growing up on the UP"

I thought NBA great Bill Russell served my hamburger

Gallery

Austin McDougall picked up his first camera at age 6 and has been photographing trains ever since

In every issue

News, p. 4

  • Canadian high speed rail moves forward

Bill Stephens, p. 10

  • CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs’ mission: better employee relations

History with Hankey, p. 12

  • Cataloging connections

Brian Solomon, p. 44

  • How to make the most of an extended trip

Preservation, p. 52

  • Alaska Railroad’s gold spike is returning to the last frontier