Travel along with author and photographer Steve Carter for a look at Sound Transit’s new S-shaped bridge in Tacoma, Wash., and the iconic Milwaukee Road structure that it replaces. Be sure to read his feature, “A bridge to the past,” in the February 2020 issue. A Bridge To The Past from Steve Carter on Vimeo. […]
Travel along with author and photographer Steve Carter for a look at Sound Transit’s new S-shaped bridge in Tacoma, Wash., and the iconic Milwaukee Road structure that it replaces. Be sure to read his feature, “A bridge to the past,” in the February 2020 issue. A Bridge To The Past from Steve Carter on Vimeo. […]
Grubby but still working, former Union Pacific 0-6-0 4455 waits for its next move at the Monolith cement plant near Laramie, Wyoming, in September 1967. A. J. Wolff When I began my freshman year at the University of Wyoming in Laramie in 1963, I was vaguely aware that steam locomotives possibly were still being used […]
Amtrak Store website screen image WASHINGTON — You might be too late to grab a “Surprise and Delight” railfan gift box Amtrak offered for sale on Monday. A National Railroad Passenger Corp. representative confirmed to Trains on Monday afternoon that the railroad’s online store offered a limited set of 50 surprise boxes to customers — announcing […]
Trains editor explains the benefits of subscribing. Listen as Jim Wrinn explains why a subscription to Trains magazine is a great value. In addition to the magazine, you’ll receive access to videos, News Wire, and a host of other benefits on our website. Subscribe now! […]
Michigan Central’s elusive train to Joliet, Illinois, approaches the Maple Street crossing in Matteson, Illinois, in mid-1968. Ralph Eisenbrandt photo, Paul Jaenicke collection In the mid-1960s, I attended a parochial school in the far south Chicago suburb of Matteson, Illinois, that bordered on the Joliet branch of the New York Central. Old-timers in town referred to it […]
FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only go west to Wyoming. The modern Union Pacific Railroad remains tested by the same vast landscape that challenged the pioneers. In a scene repeated for 150 years, a manifest train climbs out of Rock River, […]
2019 Grand Prize: Ben Duncan This photograph captures my perceptions of American westward expansion. It creates a tension between ideas of East and West, past and future, static and dynamic, confinement and freedom. Taken on my first visit to the western United States, it depicts the Sumpter Valley Railroad, which runs close to one of […]
Check out a FREE feature from our Winter 2000 issue: J. Parker Lamb-A Witness to Transition. Learn more about Parker’s outstanding photography and its place at the Center for Railroad Photography & Art in our Winter 2019 issue. Click here to download the pdf. […]
WM 2-8-0s 824 and 840 darken the sky at Elkins, W.Va., as they push a coal train east. Ahead 25 miles is Hendricks, where more helpers will be added for the Blackwater Canyon grade. George C. Corey It is a hot summer morning in Hendricks, W.Va. The time is early July 1944. I am 7 […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Gerry Leone talks about how to adjust your camera settings to capture model railroad settings with a realistic depth of field. He also addresses lighting options (type and placement)! […]
A CSX local returning from the “back side” of the former Toledo Terminal passes Hallett Tower in August 2016. Brian Schmidt TOLEDO, Ohio – Watco Companies will close the final chapter on Toledo’s final interlocking tower this week with the transfer of dispatching duties from Hallett Tower to its Pittsburg, Kan., offices. The move, expected […]
