Train Watching

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

Afternoon switching with Whitewater Valley No. 25

Afternoon switching with Whitewater Valley No. 25

Join Trains' Steve Sweeney on a trip to the Whitewater Valley Railroad in December 2013....

Chasing 4014: Part III

Chasing 4014: Part III

This video segment covers the time from when Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 first...

Chasing 4014 Part II

Chasing 4014 Part II

This second installment of videos from Trains' zany chase of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 from...

Big Boy Time Lapse Video Nov. 2013

Big Boy Time Lapse Video Nov. 2013

Join Trains' Editor Jim Wrinn on a three-day adventure watching Union Pacific Big Boy-type No....

Norfolk Southern’s Rat Hole

Norfolk Southern’s Rat Hole

Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern...

Action on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor!

Action on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor!

It’s not often you get to see railroad history in the making, but these video...

John and Barney Gramling and their tank engines

John and Barney Gramling and their tank engines

Big South Fork Scenic Railway in action

Big South Fork Scenic Railway in action

The Big South Fork Scenic Railway is a tourist line in Stearns, Ky., and formerly the...

America’s newest roundhouse

America’s newest roundhouse

Former regional railroad owner Jerry Joe Jacobson built a private, 18-stall roundhouse he calls the...

Intermodal crane at work

Intermodal crane at work

Ever wonder how the UPS and FedEx Ground packages you ship travel across the country?...