Train Watching

Follow along with Trains editors and staff as we watch beautiful trains around the world in operation.
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Omaha

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Omaha

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

Trains Presents: Stevenson, Ala., train watching

Trains Presents: Stevenson, Ala., train watching

Trains Magazine takes you to Stevenson, Ala., for CSX and Norfolk Southern mainline action with...

Trains Presents: Iowa Interstate QJ May 2019 trips

Trains Presents: Iowa Interstate QJ May 2019 trips

Iowa Interstate’s Chinese-built 2-10-2 No. 6988 is back in service again in 2019. After a...

Big Boy 4014 video compilation

Big Boy 4014 video compilation

Catch up on all our Big Boy No. 4014 video content! This playlist, updated each...

Trains’ Swiss steam adventures: Brienz Cog Railway

Trains’ Swiss steam adventures: Brienz Cog Railway

Join Trains and guests on a guided tour of Switzerland's Brienz Cog Railway. Officially the...

No. 119, meet SD70ACe

No. 119, meet SD70ACe

What could be: See how Trains Art Director Tom Danneman added — layer by layer...

Swiss narrow gauge railway adventure on the Albula Pass

Swiss narrow gauge railway adventure on the Albula Pass

Join Trains Digital Editor Steve Sweeney for a Swiss narrow gauge mountain railroad adventure on...

Trains Presents: Southern Railway steam doubleheader

Trains Presents: Southern Railway steam doubleheader

Ride with us on the tender tank of Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 while we...

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam

Join us for a ride on the tender of a narrow-gauge Mikado in the San...

The Race to Promontory

The Race to Promontory

Go behind the scenes and listen to the chief curator at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum...

2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train video

2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train video

Check out the 2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at Milwaukee with Trains' Editor Jim Wrinn!...

President George H.W. Bush funeral train video

President George H.W. Bush funeral train video

Watch the Union Pacific funeral train for George H.W. Bush as it crosses Texas. You'll...

Behind the scenes with Journey to Promontory

Behind the scenes with Journey to Promontory

Videographer Rich Luckin and Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn discuss the new PBS documentary, Journey...

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge photo freight experience

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge photo freight experience

Ride along on Trains' August 2018 photo charter experience commemorating the end of revenue freight...

Trains Presents: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

Trains Presents: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

Visit Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad with Editor Jim Wrinn. The train operates on a...

The Golden Spike National Historic Site

The Golden Spike National Historic Site

Tour the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah with Trains! You'll see replica locomotives...

Trains Presents: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ride-along

Trains Presents: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ride-along

Ride along with Trains on the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Missionary Ridge Local in September...

Trains Presents: Georgetown Loop

Trains Presents: Georgetown Loop

The Georgetown Loop is one of the most amazing scenic railroads in the west. Built...

Wild Wyoming

Wild Wyoming

Join Trains Art Director Tom Danneman for a video adventure tracking down elusive BNSF Railway...

Wild Wyoming

Wild Wyoming

Join Trains Art Director Tom Danneman for a video adventure tracking down elusive BNSF Railway...