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
The Best of Railroading Today
The Greatest of Yesterday
Half a Lifetime and Counting
Bonus content: Read Ted Benson’s original essay, “Andover Afterward,” from the February 1977 issue that led to his tribute to Trains’ 70th anniversary
Map of the Month: Railroad Family Trees
Mileposts Along the Iron Highway
70 Great Railroad Engineering Feats
Railroad Reading: Fog and Yellow Blocks
NEWS
News & Photos
- Restored route wins Kansas City Southern freight
- Central Illinois Railroad shuts down
- Union Pacific CEO Jim Young shares his thoughts on his company’s outlook on the economy, fast trains, and more
Don Phillips
Fred Frailey
Technology
Locomotive
Passenger
City Rail
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Building the ultimate railroad
Fantrip
Archives and Library of Congress provide free railroad information and photos
Preservation
Rare Central of New Jersey steam switcher may emerge in Pennsylvania soon New Jersey’s SMS Rail Lines wants to put its Army switcher to work on freight trains
Ask Trains
• Uses of cabooses • Commuter locomotives • Norfolk & Western diesels
