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Trains magazine covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader.
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
Santa Fe Trainmaster, boss of a dot on a map
Seligman, Arizona: loneliest crew change on the Santa Fe main line. Most days, the railroad just ran itself. The other days were nothing anyone could be ready for
What seemed simple was hard. What was hard was everything. Just another night in CX’s Detroit yard
In the shadow of Hell Gate
People live under this massive railroad bridge
We came to Southern Pacific in Houston for the same thing: money. We left feeling like family
Map of the Month: High-speed corridors
If we ever get high-speed rail, it might go here…
Railroad Blueprint: M&K Junction, West Virginia
Pusher terminal from B&O to Chessie to CSX
NEWS
Is Union Pacific on the verge of meltdown?
When terrorism strikes U.S. rails, will irrationality follow?
Saving short lines shouldn’t be at the expense of Class Is
F40 + SD60 = a “Super F40” for Metrolink
Keeping Amtrak’s Auto-Train on the move
NJT’s new South Jersey light-rail line: who is it for, anyway?
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