January 2025
The January 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.
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In this Issue
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The mystery of the Pullman sleeping car hotel that never was
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Four viaducts on the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western are engineering
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Rod Diridon, Sr. has gone from trainman to having a passenger station named after him
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Remembering Chicago & North Western’s steam-era speed champion
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The tale of one impressive night on the Illinois Central Gulf
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Jon Bentz shares images from the 1980s to the present.
In every issue
News, p. 6
- CSX and Norfolk Southern hit hard by Hurricane Helene
Bill Stephens, p. 10
- Railroads should use steam to polish their images
John Hankey, p. 12
- The enduring connection between Christmas and trains
Great Railfan Roads, p. 44
- Rail action on both banks of the upper Mississippi River
Brian Solomon, p. 48
- Is it time to preserve an Amtrak Genesis locomotive?
Preservation, p. 49
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The female-led Northern Central Railway names new operations superintendent