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
Free downloadable article
Wired Up
By Scott Lothes
Bonus Content: Get more information about the evolution of U.S. railroad electrification
Guiding the Way
By Kathi Kube
Bonus Content: See a TrainsTube video about hazmat training.
A Sound Decision
Map of the Month: Directional Running
The Indispensable Man
By Peter A. Hansen
Bonus Content: Watch an interview with Bill Withuhn on TrainsTube
Railroad Reading: This Little Piggy Went to Market
NEWS
News & Photos
Don Phillips
Fred W. Frailey
Technology
Locomotive
Bonus Content: Check out the European take on Santa Fe’s Warbonnet paint scheme
Passenger
Bonus Content: See Amtrak’s Gulf Coast Service Plan Report
City Rail
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Why electrification of railroads intrigues us
Fantrip
Tips for railroad dining car china collectors
Preservation
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad’s Willamette No. 2 returns in August 2009
Ask Trains
Amtrak equipment • Replacing ties in tunnels • Union Pacific Railroad’s locomotive numbering system
NEWS
News & Photos
Don Phillips
Fred W. Frailey
Technology
Locomotive
Bonus Content: Check out the European take on Santa Fe’s Warbonnet paint scheme
Passenger
Bonus Content: See Amtrak’s Gulf Coast Service Plan Report
City Rail
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Why electrification of railroads intrigues us
Fantrip
Tips for railroad dining car china collectors
Preservation
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad’s Willamette No. 2 returns in August 2009
Ask Trains
Amtrak equipment • Replacing ties in tunnels • Union Pacific Railroad’s locomotive numbering system
