Train Watching

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

Burlington Northern and the Grain Industry

    Sure thing, Angela. Since the Baltimore & Ohio began hauling flour from Ellicott’s...

Steel: a Critical Building Block

Steel: a Critical Building Block

    For an industry which hauls the heaviest, densest loads overland, no other material...

Cass Scenic Railroad, a glance at logging locomotive in summertime

Cass Scenic Railroad, a glance at logging locomotive in summertime

Join Trains editors on a brief tour of the historic Case Scenic Railroad in Cass,...

The Persistence of Crude Oil

The Persistence of Crude Oil

    But this new source of revenue has a troubling side.   Rapid growth strains...

The Transportation of Lumber

The Transportation of Lumber

  Thanks, Jim.  Canadian National is the No. 1 lumber-hauling railroad in the U.S.   It...

BNSF’s Needles Division

BNSF’s Needles Division

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. BNSF...

Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake Superior

Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake Superior

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Canadian...

Automobiles on the Rails

Automobiles on the Rails

    Originally, cars didn’t have it so good. They went in boxcars. They went...

BNSF/Florida East Coast and natural gas testing

BNSF/Florida East Coast and natural gas testing

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Natural...

Operations on the Delaware Lackawanna

Operations on the Delaware Lackawanna

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD.  ...

Ontario Southerns FP9s and plowing snow

Ontario Southerns FP9s and plowing snow

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Southwest...

Class One Motive Power–an overview

Class One Motive Power–an overview

Kansas City Southern hasn’t purchased new locomotives since 2014 as the company has had ample...

Rolling stones: rock, stone, sand — aggregates that railroads make money hauling

Rolling stones: rock, stone, sand — aggregates that railroads make money hauling

  At first glance, aggregates — stone, sand, and gravel — are unlikely darlings among...

Trains.com Holiday Party: CN Heritage Locomotives, Episode 2

Trains.com Holiday Party: CN Heritage Locomotives, Episode 2

David Popp joins Trains magazine editor Jim Wrinn at a trackside hotspot in Wisconsin. That's...

A bridge to the past

A bridge to the past

Travel along with author and photographer Steve Carter for a look at Sound Transit's new...

Trainfest live stream recording, Session 2

Trainfest live stream recording, Session 2

The fun continues from Trainfest 2019 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park near Milwaukee, Wis.!...

Trainfest video from Milwaukee and recorded Nov. 9, Episode I

Trainfest video from Milwaukee and recorded Nov. 9, Episode I

On Nov. 9, Kalmbach Media editors streamed three live videos from Trainfest at Wisconsin State...

Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale

Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale

Follow along for one last chase of the Keokuk Junction F units in western Illinois...

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1

Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014's Great Midwest Tour. This video is...

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Duluth

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Duluth

Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in this fourth compilation video from Union Pacific...