Go behind the scenes and listen to the chief curator at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum discuss this exhibit of Hart and Russell photos from the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. You’ll also see the original golden spike and learn about the other ceremonial spikes used on May 10, 1869, that are now on display […]
Check out the 2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at Milwaukee with Trains‘ Editor Jim Wrinn! You’ll see the spectacle of the train arriving under the recently rebuilt train shed and the fabulous musical performers that travel with the train thanks to special access granted to Trains by Canadian Pacific. The train has gathered 4.3 million […]
Watch the Union Pacific funeral train for George H.W. Bush as it crosses Texas. You’ll see SD70ACe No. 4141, painted and lettered for our 41st president, do the honors while thousands of people line the tracks to pay their respects. […]
Videographer Rich Luckin and Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn discuss the new PBS documentary, Journey to Promontory. It’s the saga of the first transcontinental railroad. On the 150th anniversary of this accomplishment, hear about the new video available from Kalmbach Media that tells the story of the Golden Spike. Be sure to pick up the […]
Ride along on Trains‘ August 2018 photo charter experience commemorating the end of revenue freight operations on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad’s narrow gauge route through New Mexico and Colorado 50 years ago in 1968. Along the way, you’ll see double-headed 2-8-2s Mikado-type steam locomotives, helper engines, and classic railroad action on the […]
Learn more about the Nashville steam restoration project and 4-8-4 No. 576! You’ll hear from the people involved in the project and examine the locomotive in its current state. […]
Visit Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad with Editor Jim Wrinn. The train operates on a former Baltimore & Ohio line through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park south of Cleveland. You’ll see visiting Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, tour cars from the famed California Zephyr, and much more! […]
Tour the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah with Trains! You’ll see replica locomotives Union Pacific No. 119 and Central Pacific Jupiter along with the many reenactors that bring history to life. Be sure to check out Trains‘ special issue Journey to Promontory, available January 2019, and the companion DVD, available now! […]
Just another day at his downtown Seattle office for Charlie Conway – until he discovered that a cut of empty hoppers had derailed on the busy BNSF main line routing in front of the building! Chas grabbed his camera and captured the Hulcher Services crew working to get trains rolling again. […]
Drew Halverson and his crew continue making the most of their trek into the Arizona desert. This time the guys scope out sites along Union Pacific’s transcontinental main line until the sweltering heat becomes unbearable. But even then, the intense action continues at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, in downtown Tucson, Ariz., and along […]
Join us at the Illinois Railway Museum to hear from the managers who restore and maintain Frisco 2-10-0 No. 1630; learn about the next engine about to go into service, a Shay locomotive; and find out about the next project on the horizon. […]
Ride along with Trains on the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Missionary Ridge Local in September 2018. You’ll see the railroad’s Soule Shops, Missionary Ridge tunnel, steam locomotive No. 4501, and more! […]
