March 2010

Trains magazine covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader. Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today's freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You'll also see images and read stories from railroading's glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It's all in the pages of Trains magazine.

Features

Trains Express March 2010 downloadable package

This month's PDF package includes past articles about life and work inside roundhouses and is available for $5.95

The American Roundhouse

Every day, railroading began in these cathedrals of transportation
By John P. Hankey

Bonus Content: See photos of roundhouses in a spectacular gallery. Also, check out a list of roundhouses still standing today

2009 Trains/Canon Photo Contest Winners

See which of the attractive images you sent us best illustrates "Bridging the Gap"Bonus Content: Read more from our winners and comment on their photos.

Map of the Month: Whatever Happened to the New Haven?

See what became of the New Haven's dense 1940 network

By Bill Metzger

Against the Odds

New England short line Massachusetts Central continues the railroad tradition in the Ware River Valley

By Brian Solomon

Cabooses and Apple Trees on Helmstetter's Curve

Western Maryland on the eve of change
By Bob Bahrs

Bonus Content: See how volunteers have replaced the fire-ravaged barn at Helmstetter's Curve

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Through the Cumberlands to Chattanooga

Read about CSX's Midwest-Southeast link

By Frank Kyper

Railroad Reading: The Railroad Way

A trip through Maine Central's old files includes a 1920s tale of a passenger's lost dog

By Geoffrey H. Doughty

News

News & Photos

Buffett, Rose talk of BNSF's future • STB bill aims at rail competition complaints • Is ridership finally improving for Amtrak?

Bonus Content: Read about the man who helped save nearly 700 Jewish children escape the Holocaust by train. Find out about Europe's plans for transportation investment

Don Phillips

Buffett the railfan buys a dream layout

Fred W. Frailey

Inside the cocoon of a long-distance train

Technology

Proof-of-concept testing provides insight into what might help improve tank car safety

Locomotive

R.J. Corman markets Railpower line

Passenger

How Amtrak prepares for winter

City Rail

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit promises a ticket to ride