Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today’s freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You’ll also see images and read stories from railroading’s glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It’s all in the pages of Trains magazine.
Features
Split-second decisions
Quick reflexes and nerves of steel are as much a part of daily railroading as metal and machines
Time well spent
For me, this hobby has always been to just be trackside at an interesting place, regardless of era, technology, or traffic
Map of the Month: Tonnage by state, 2010
Bonus content: Compare today’s originated and terminated tons with state-by-state figures from 2004.
The great American freight train
Whether viewed from trackside or mountaintops, our freight trains are marvels
Milwaukee Road was Soo Line’s triumph
Soo Line was the underdog bidder that came out on top
The first 50 hours
Bonus content: Pick up the February 1994 issue for a Trains profile of the Birmingham Southern.
In My Own Words: Minding the post
A 12-year-old helps the B&O move mail by rail in 1936
NEWS
News and photos
- Are big rigs big trouble for trains?
- Drought means boom and bust for Midwest
- Railroads cope with extreme winter cold
- High speed rail back in spotlight
Don Phillips
The Northeast Corridor and the GOP
Fred W. Frailey
Bonus content: Fred W. Frailey blogs about Amtrak’s new plan for fast trains.
Locomotive
New all-purpose unit debuts
Technology
Flat rack container revival
Passenger
Amtrak extras add seats, revenue
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Split-second decision making
Ask Trains
• Steam engine couplers
• Steam pushers
• Border procedures
Preservation
• It takes a whole village
• Mainline steam, South and Midwest
Trackside
Ten great Amtrak day trips
