Train Watching

Follow along with Trains editors and staff as we watch beautiful trains around the world in operation.
‘Piedmont’ cab ride video

‘Piedmont’ cab ride video

Ride along with Trains Magazine passenger correspondent Bob Johnston on Amtrak's northbound Piedmont, train No....

Trains’ 75th anniversary gala video

Trains’ 75th anniversary gala video

Trains Magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee on Nov. 14....

Trains Presents: CSX Santa Train

Trains Presents: CSX Santa Train

CSX Transportation and its predecessors have operated a charity holiday train through the hills of...

Trains Presents: R.J. Corman’s QJ-type steam locomotive

Trains Presents: R.J. Corman’s QJ-type steam locomotive

See R. J. Corman's Chinese-built QJ-type steam locomotive pull passenger and freight trains through Kentucky's...

Trains Presents: BNSF Railway’s ‘Southern Transcon’

Trains Presents: BNSF Railway’s ‘Southern Transcon’

Learn about BNSF Railway's famed "Southern Transcon," the former Santa Fe main line between Los...

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic

Colorado's storied narrow gauge railroads still live with the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, operating...

Trains Presents: Electro-Motive SD70ACe demonstrators

Trains Presents: Electro-Motive SD70ACe demonstrators

Watch Electro-Motive Diesel's SD70ACe demonstrator units roll tonnage on the mountain grades of CSX Transportation's...

Trains Presents: Maine Eastern passenger service

Trains Presents: Maine Eastern passenger service

See classic EMD F units on Maine Eastern's coastal passenger trains out of Brunswick, Maine....

Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern F units and office car train

Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern F units and office car train

Norfolk Southern's office car train, complete with classic EMD F units for power, is a...

Trains Presents: Steam photo freight charters

Trains Presents: Steam photo freight charters

The age of steam has passed from revenue railroading in the U.S., but a dedicated...

Trains Presents: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train

Trains Presents: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train

Children of all ages love the circus – and the circus train! See the famous...

Trains Presents: Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501

Trains Presents: Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501

Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 is one of the most famous excursion locomotives in...

Trains Presents: Virginia & Truckee Railroad steam

Trains Presents: Virginia & Truckee Railroad steam

Nevada's famed Virginia & Truckee Railroad, once the richest railroad in the world saw a...

Trains Presents: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad steam freights

Trains Presents: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad steam freights

See Western Maryland Scenic Railroad pull winter photo freights out of Cumberland, Md., on the...

611: the video!

611: the video!

Norfolk & Western No. 611 is back in steam and Trains was there to capture...

Leviathan in steam

Leviathan in steam

David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham...

Logging road, take me home!

Logging road, take me home!

Stand next to Trains' Steve Sweeney with video from Cass Scenic Railroad's annual railfan weekend...

Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 steam test

Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 steam test

Editor Jim Wrinn captured this time lapse video on October 10, 2014, of a day's...

Big Boy No. 4014’s return to Cheyenne

Big Boy No. 4014’s return to Cheyenne

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 returned to Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 8, 2014, and...

Main line steaming with Southern No. 630

Main line steaming with Southern No. 630

Watch Southern Railway 2-8-0 Consolidation No. 630 operating in main line excursion service out of...