Train Watching

Follow along with Trains editors and staff as we watch beautiful trains around the world in operation.
Chicago: the video!

Chicago: the video!

Chicago is still the North American railroad capital, and Trains Magazine takes you there with...

Trains Presents: North Shore Scenic Railroad

Trains Presents: North Shore Scenic Railroad

Trains Magazine Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt takes you along for a look at the North...

Trains Presents: Reading & Northern steam

Trains Presents: Reading & Northern steam

Come along as we visit the Reading & Northern and see its steam operations. Only...

Trains Presents: CN in Stevens Point, Wis.

Trains Presents: CN in Stevens Point, Wis.

Trains Magazine Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt takes you to Stevens Point, Wis., for a day...

Trains Presents: The Tweetsie Railroad

Trains Presents: The Tweetsie Railroad

Trains video contributor Kevin Gilliam takes us on a steam-and-smoke-filled look into one of North...

Trains Presents: Watco’s Blue Ridge Southern

Trains Presents: Watco’s Blue Ridge Southern

Watch freight trains climb 4 percent grades in western North Carolina on Watco's Blue Ridge...

Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

The German Mollibahn is an amazing steam-powered preservation railroad along the Baltic Sea, but it's...

Trains Presents: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad steam

Trains Presents: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad steam

Watch steam return to the scenic Great Smoky Mountains Railroad! In July 2016 we filmed...

Locomotive 2016: Ontario Southland F unit action

Locomotive 2016: Ontario Southland F unit action

Join Locomotive 2016 Editor Greg McDonnell as he visits this now-famous Canadian short line and...

Trains Presents: CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in operation

Trains Presents: CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in operation

Visit the only operating former Central Railroad of New Jersey steam locomotive, 0-6-0 No. 113,...

Locomotive 2016: Fullerton diesel action

Locomotive 2016: Fullerton diesel action

Come along with Trains Magazine and the Locomotive 2016 annual as we take a look...

Trains Presents: Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Trains Presents: Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Join Trains for a visit at West Virginia's remote and scenic Durbin & Greenbrier Valley...

Trains Presents: Montana Rail Link

Trains Presents: Montana Rail Link

Trains Presents takes you to the marvelous Montana Rail Link in its latest installment! Check...

Trains Presents Cass Scenic photo charter

Trains Presents Cass Scenic photo charter

Follow along Editor Jim Wrinn's June 2016 photo charter on the Cass Scenic Railroad! See...

Trains Presents: Durango & Silverton

Trains Presents: Durango & Silverton

Allen Harper, owner and chief executive of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, speaks...

Trains Presents: N&W No. 611 at Manassas Va.

Trains Presents: N&W No. 611 at Manassas Va.

Watch as Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 makes its final scheduled mainline runs on...

Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 2

Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 2

Visit Norfolk Southern's fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! This volume...

Trains Presents: Steam on the Loops

Trains Presents: Steam on the Loops

Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern's loops of western North Carolina!...

Kevin Keefe interview

Kevin Keefe interview

Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach...

Trains Presents: 611 in winter

Trains Presents: 611 in winter

Follow along with famed Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 on its 2016...