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August 2025

The August 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.

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In this Issue

Heat wave

Exploring Canadian Pacific’s (now CPKC’s) scenic line along the north shore of Lake Superior.

The Macaroni Line

Ninety-one miles of south Texas track that changed KCS’ fortune

Digging deep in Baltimore

CSX’s Howard Street Tunnel project will create new double-stack routes

Like diesels? Thank a trolley!

Diesel-electric locomotives have streetcar roots

Bicentennial in a big way

Southern Pacific gave three locomotives and a caboose a patriotic treatment

In My Own Words: “Can’t you hear the whistle blowing?"

An unexpected nighttime meet in the Canadian backwoods

Gallery

Images of steam railroading from Trains Magazine readers

In every issue

News, p. 4

  • Class I railroads take a fresh look at mergers, and Amtrak cuts management jobs

Bill Stephens, p. 10

  • How do railroads get into our blood?
Preservation, p. 46
  • Mt. Rainier Scenic copes after a devastating fire, and the T1 Trust project has a new home

Brian Solomon, p. 48

  • Favorite stations from Grand Central to Milano Centrale
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