June 2025

The June 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.

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In this Issue

Last trains from Grand Central Terminal

Intercity passenger service from the New York City landmark came to an end in 1991

Through the Alps, not around them

Scenery defines the Rhätische Bahn, and make operations a challenge

Liquid light

Two hours before dawn at Canadian Pacific’s Morant’s Curve

The Chemin de fer Sartigan Railway

Shortline success born from the ashes of the old Quebec Central

Riding Amtrak’s Palmetto

This unusual train links New York City with Savannah, Ga.

In My Own Words: "Bourbons on the Century"

A spilled drink on the 20th Century Limited revealed a track problem

Gallery

Images of railroading and the flora they pass through

In every issue

News, p. 4

  • Amtrak CEO Gardner ousted, and the carrier sidelines its Horizon car fleet

Bill Stephens, p. 10

  • CPKC keeps fingers crossed as trade tensions flair

History with Hankey, p. 12

  • Railroads, logistics, and winning the Civil War

Brian Solomon, p. 46

  • Visiting a pair of railroad-themed bed & breakfasts

Preservation, p. 50

  • Found: The long-missing New Jersey Merci Train boxcar