November 2025
The November 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.
Featured
In this Issue
Special report: Merger blockbuster
Union Pacific’s merger with Norfolk Southern triggers industry debate
Grading the commuter railroads
How does your system stack up in our coast-to-coast rankings?
Short line success in the Sunshine State
Smaller railroads are driving growth in Florida
Gallery: Photo Contest winners
Presenting the winners of the Trains annual photo contest, co-sponsored by the National Railway Historical Society
In My Own Words: “Rock Island Sunset"
In 1978 the handwriting was on wall for the Rock’s passenger trains
In every issue
News, p. 4
- Amtrak launches Mardi Gras service on the Gulf Coast, debuts NextGen Acela
Bill Stephens, p. 12
- European passenger trains can dazzle — or disappoint
John P. Hankey, p. 14
- Memories of Ross Rowland and running No. 614
Preservation, p. 52
- The Baltimore Streetcar Museum plans a $28 million new campus anchor
Travel, p. 54
- A visit to Scranton, Pa., a city where “Lackawanna” is a household word