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
Mountain fabric, steel thread
Map of the Month: West Virginia in 1949 and 2013
A match made in the mountains
King coal
Down by the tracks
Shays, salamanders, eagles, and more
Check-out Editor Jim Wrinn’s Cass Scenic Shay & Steam video!
NEWS
News & Photos
- Oil traffic reigns on the rails
- SMS Rail Lines expands for ethanol traffic
- AAR president looks ahead
- Tehachapi Pass derailment photo
- Amtrak, Siemens unveil California ACS-64 locomotives
Don Phillips
Fred Frailey
Locomotive
- CSX, GE test the newest locomotives on West Virginia’s most punishing grades
- Relco offers new mother-slug combination
- NJT begins work on dual-mode ALP-45DP locomotives
Technology
- Five lessons from Wheel/Rail Interaction conference
- Inspectors hone in on broken Metro-North rails in May 17 derailment
- DCTA moving ahead on grants for positive train control
Be sure to check-out TRAINS’ video wrap-up of the Wheel/Rail Interaction conference!
Passenger
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
West Virginia’s dazzling railroads
Ask Trains
-A Google Maps bridge mystery -Why Shays don’t ‘puff’ -Rock Island line remembered
Preservation
‘Steam into History’ gets fired up
Trackside
Taming wild West Virginia
