Click on the image to download the plans. Before the invention of automatic crossing gates, railroad crossing guards protected grade crossings. Usually holding a flag, lantern, or stop sign or operating a manual crossing gate, the crossing guard would warn motorists of an approaching train. A simple wooden shanty provided shelter for the crossing guard. […]
In this PBS Tracks Ahead segment, watch a number of vintage steam-powered locomotives and machines come to life on this working railroad ranch. […]
The sight of an approaching Seaboard E7 signaled adventure: a boy’s first train ride. Wiley M. Bryan I don’t know how my fascination for trains began, but ever since I could remember, I had been drawn to their mystique. I like tracks, switches, sidings, and depots. I like everything associated with trains. So, in November […]
About Us Classic Trains unabashedly celebrates North American railroading from the 1940s to the formation of Conrail. First published as Trains Classic in 1999, Classic Trains emerged as a regular publication in Spring 2000 and has since delighted railfans and rail historians each quarter with photos and stories that command attention. Besides publishing a cascade […]
Frequently asked questions for Classic Trains readers: Q: What time period does Classic Trains cover? A: Glad you asked! We focus on an approximately 40-year period of classic North American railroading from the 1940s until about 1980. We occasionally cover subjects that are older, such as the Transcontinental Railroad or much more modern, such as the […]
Watch video clips of Niagaras, Hudsons, and Pacifics in the Hudson River Valley from the Sunday River Productions DVD Program Hudsons along the Hudson. […]
A Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 leads a troop train east through California in 1946. George M. Speir In early May 1945, I boarded a troop train at Fort Knox, Ky., and headed west on the Louisville & Nashville, destination unknown. The war in Europe had just ended and my fellow 18-year-old replacement tank crewmen had been […]
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Check out these photos featuring trains at night submitted by Trains readers and railroad photographers. […]
This Montana Rail Link photo roster from 2015 is a testament to the motive power and scenery of a great regional railroad. BNSF Railway is set to end its operations in the near future as of January 2022. At its start-up in October 1987, Montana Rail Link purchased a total of 52 locomotives, […]
