October 2025
The October 2025 issue of Trains Magazine.
Featured
In this Issue
Steam cab ride on Mt. Rainier
A day in the life of a Washington State heritage railroad
New River nights
Dusk to dawn railroading in America’s newest national park
Chicago Union Station marks 100
Change has been constant in the city’s passenger hub
Trona’s Baldwin killers
Rebuilt EMDs displaced rare units on a remote California short line in the 1990s
Resurrected Alco PA makes first run
Genesee Valley Transportation celebrates completion of a long restoration effort
Gallery
Images of railroading
In every issue
News, p. 4
- Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to seek merger creating U.S. coast-to-coast railroad
Bill Stephens, p. 12
- Single-line service would boost intermodal
John P. Hankey, p. 14
- Steamtown, the railroad-focused national park, is at a crossroads
Brian Solomon, p. 48
- Fall foliage season is a great time for railroad adventure
Preservation, p. 50
- Remembering Ross Rowland, steam preservation titan
