Model Railroader After Hours MIDDAY SPECIAL | June 25, 2024

Model Railroader After Hours | June 25, 2024. After Hours is an informal livestream hosted by Trains.com staff members… after the “work” of the day is done, there’s aways something else fun! Although David Popp typically hosts this Trains.com LIVE EVENT, he and other Trains.com staff members have been rather busy dismantling Model Railroader magazines’s […]

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Nevada Northern Railway | Be the Engineer insights

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to run a steam locomotive?  Well, you can!  Come with us as Trains.com visits the Nevada Northern Railway for their “Be the Engineer” program, where trained crews will teach you how to run a steam locomotive.  This short clip is from our feature-length “Introduction to Steam Locomotives: How They Work” […]

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How-To Library | Build a laser-cut wood structure kit, Part 2

For the single rail-served factory on Model Railroader magazine’s 2024 project layout, the HO scale Free-Mo module Freemont Mills, Steve selected American Model Builders’ A.C. Brown Mfg. Co., a laser-cut wood kit. Follow along as he continues to work through this multi-part build…and see if you pick up any tips to help you on your […]

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Great Railfan Roads | U.S. Highway 460 in Virginia

U.S. Highway 460 is one of the great railfan roads, paralleling the former Norfolk & Western mainline across the state of Virginia for hundreds of miles. Starting in Norfolk on the Atlantic coast, 460 follows today’s Norfolk Southern into the Blue Ridge Mountains to Roanoke and beyond.  West of Roanoke, the Norfolk & Western confronts […]

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Trains LIVE — What’s in the bag?

Two men in a TV studio joined by on a TV screen for an interview. Trains LIVE — what's in the bag?

Trains LIVE — What’s in the bag? — 6-7-2024 — Trains Magazine is known for showcasing railroad photography. Images are submitted by photographers from across the country. Some are seasoned professionals. Others are snapping some of their first train pictures. The common denominator is that each photographer needs a camera, or two, or three, and […]

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Trains LIVE — What’s in the bag?

Two men in a TV studio joined by on a TV screen for an interview. Trains LIVE — what's in the bag?

Trains LIVE — What’s in the bag? — 6-7-2024 — Trains Magazine is known for showcasing railroad photography. Images are submitted by photographers from across the country. Some are seasoned professionals. Others are snapping some of their first train pictures. The common denominator is that each photographer needs a camera, or two, or three, and […]

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Spring 2024

Welcome – Pennsy perspective Head End – A potpourri of railroad history, then and now Fast Mail – Letters from readers on our Winter 2023 issue Mileposts – Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe True Color – Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Maumee River crossing Short Rails – Manufacturers Railway Co. The Way It Was – Tales […]

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June 2024

The June 2024 cover of Trains magazine, featuring a steam locomotive and tender with text which reads" Up from the ashes"

In every issue Trains.com, p. 4 Looking for trains? Check out the Hot Spots section of our website, Trains.com News, p. 6 Baltimore bridge disaster hits port rail service Bill Stephens, p. 10 Now in vogue: Class I roads buying short lines Preservation, p. 44 CPKC releases schedule for 2816 steam program Travel, p. 46 […]

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