February 2008

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

Trains magazine covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader.

Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today’s freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You’ll also see images and read stories from railroading’s glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It’s all in the pages of Trains magazine.

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Features

Eastern Corridors

By Jim Wrinn

In going for more long-haul traffic on its busy Chicago-Florida route, CSX builds capacity on one leg of its triangle

The Slim Princess

By Gary A. Hunter

Steam may be gone on China’s main lines, but on this narrow-gauge line, a fleet of 0-8-0s still labors

Kool-Aid, Creosote, and the Lackawanna

By John Roskoski

These ingredients were irresistible to one young trainwatcher at Paterson Junction

First Locomotives

By Byron Lemmon

‘Hay powered’ engines once powered the railroads. On one California line, they still do

Hot Iron, Cold Steel

By J.D. Santucci

These trains of molten iron are – literally – the hottest things on the rails

Difference of Decades

By Tom Danneman

The Powder River Basin 1991-2007

Map of the Month: Natural resources in KCS country

By J. Parker Lamb

Mines, fields, and forests kept KCS humming with traffic

Railroad Reading

By Geoffrey H. Doughty

Other duties as assigned: Taking the D&H president’s car through a snowstorm

Gallery

By Assorted Photographers

Central Oregon & Pacific, Rock Island, Strasburg Rail Road, Georgia Northeastern

NEWS

News & Photos

Can independent short lines survive?

Don Phillips

Dan Ranger

Technology

BNSF combines, streamlines communications

Locomotive

Meridian hosts classy NS, KCS F units

Passenger

Any hope for U.S. high-speed rail?

City Rail

Progress, setbacks for Seattle’s commuter, light rail

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From the Editor

BNSF, CSX, please buy a vowel To see Tom Danneman’s ideas for restyling BNSF, click here.

Railway Post Office

After you’ve seen our featured list of your favorite railroad books, click here to see more readers’ choices.

Fantrip

Historic photos enter digital age

Preservation

An event run like a Swiss watch

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