Taking Care Of Business

Man standing in front of a locomotive.

In this exclusive Trains.com series, our Alaska-bush-pilot-turned-rail-adventurer Charlie Conway visits short line and regional railroads, who offering him rare behind-the-scenes access to rather unique equipment and challenging operations. You won’t want to miss these special insights to Taking Care of Business…both on and off the rails! […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards

Collage of postcards on a bulletin board.

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Big Skies Iron Rails

Orange locomotive in a snowy landscape.

Railfans and model railroaders alike will enjoy Tom Danneman’s ethereal, cinematic railfanning approach to capturing the stunning natural vistas and railroads of the American West throughout all seasons. This series is available exclusively on Trains.com Video! […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures

Men taking pictures of a locomotive.

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Swiss narrow gauge tunnel reconstruction in 2018

Orange-clad workers in a darkened rail tunnel.

Join Trains on a visit to a track work project in a Swiss tunnel. Rhomberg Sersa and the Rhaetian Railway invited Trains to see how they re-build meter-gauge track in often grueling conditions in September 2018. See Steve Sweeney’s full story in the March 2019 issue of Trains, THE magazine of railroading! […]

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Iowa Interstate No. 6988

black train on track with a lot of smoke

Come out to Iowa for a mainline steam run in June 2022 as the Central States Steam Preservation Association moves QJ-class 2-10-2 No. 6988 from Newton, IA to Silvis, IL over the rails of the Iowa Interstate Railroad.  The engine is heading east with 2000 tons of freight to the former Rock Island steam shops, […]

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Amtrak Coach-class travel aboard the Empire Builder

Amtrak looks to expand its services and routes across the nation, including the Upper Midwest. In this candid look at Coach-class travel aboard the Empire Builder between St. Paul, Minn., and Milwaukee, Wis., you’ll discover how easy and comfortable it is to travel about the United States by passenger train. First-time traveler Gerry Leone has […]

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