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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.
Features
From the oldest to the most high-tech, you can’t miss riding behind these seven locomotives
Thanks to one man and his wife, and the state, West Virginia has a successful tourist operation with three personalities
Railroad museums seek relevance for new generations. What happens in 20 years when only a small number of senior citizens can recall steam engines or passenger trains?
Map of the Month: Looping Through the Front Range
Georgetown Loop is a fascinating twist and a dramatic lesson in how to gain 500 feet in three miles
While Portland commuters sleep, TriMet works hard through the Oregon night
On numbers, a Penn Central E7, and long odds
The veteran’s charge: On Memorial Day we honor the military, but a veteran brakeman reminded me how we honor the railroaders who’ve gone before
Shovel-nose diesels, bridges, Cincinnati Union Terminal
FREE Recreational Railroading Pullout
Your guide to tourist trains and museums
NEWS
How Norfolk Southern makes RoadRailer work
LEADER is a coach in a cab
A truck question for you: Radial or not?
Amtrak is poised for growth – or is it?
Kansas City light rail faces engineering and political hurdles
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
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Products
Fantrip
Track down a nice place to stay
Preservation
Black Hills Central’s many faces
