July 2025
The July 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.
Featured
In this Issue
Funicular facelift
Pennsylvania’s Horseshoe Curve is accessible again after years of work
How to almost kill a Texas short line
Blacklands Railroad revisited
Chicago bids a towering farewell
After 124 years, Metra shuts down 16th Street Tower
Switzerland’s meter-gauge marvel, part 2
A famously scenic railroad is much more than passenger trains
In My Own Words: “The hound dog engineer"
A homeless pup grabs the right-hand seat
Gallery
Railroad action through the lenses of Trains’ readers
In every issue
News, p. 4
- CSX fights operating issues; the FRA rescinds a Texas high-speed rail grant
Bill Stephens, p. 12
- Fight over freight delays could hit Amtrak’s wallet
History with Hankey, p. 14
- Train music or music in trains
Brian Solomon, p. 48
- Handy tools for a photographer seeking trains
Preservation, p. 50
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Half of first-round funding for New York Central Mohawk No. 3001 restoration achieved
