Train Watching

Follow along with Trains editors and staff as we watch beautiful trains around the world in operation.
Rolling stones: rock, stone, sand — aggregates that railroads make money hauling

Rolling stones: rock, stone, sand — aggregates that railroads make money hauling

  At first glance, aggregates — stone, sand, and gravel — are unlikely darlings among...

Trains.com Holiday Party: CN Heritage Locomotives, Episode 2

Trains.com Holiday Party: CN Heritage Locomotives, Episode 2

David Popp joins Trains magazine editor Jim Wrinn at a trackside hotspot in Wisconsin. That's...

A bridge to the past

A bridge to the past

Travel along with author and photographer Steve Carter for a look at Sound Transit's new...

Trainfest live stream recording, Session 2

Trainfest live stream recording, Session 2

The fun continues from Trainfest 2019 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park near Milwaukee, Wis.!...

Trainfest video from Milwaukee and recorded Nov. 9, Episode I

Trainfest video from Milwaukee and recorded Nov. 9, Episode I

On Nov. 9, Kalmbach Media editors streamed three live videos from Trainfest at Wisconsin State...

Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale

Trains Presents: Illinois F unit finale

Follow along for one last chase of the Keokuk Junction F units in western Illinois...

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1

Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014's Great Midwest Tour. This video is...

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Duluth

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Duluth

Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in this fourth compilation video from Union Pacific...

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Omaha

Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Omaha

Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in this first compilation video from Union Pacific...

Trains Presents: Stevenson, Ala., train watching

Trains Presents: Stevenson, Ala., train watching

Trains Magazine takes you to Stevenson, Ala., for CSX and Norfolk Southern mainline action with...

Trains Presents: Iowa Interstate QJ May 2019 trips

Trains Presents: Iowa Interstate QJ May 2019 trips

Iowa Interstate’s Chinese-built 2-10-2 No. 6988 is back in service again in 2019. After a...

Big Boy 4014 video compilation

Big Boy 4014 video compilation

Catch up on all our Big Boy No. 4014 video content! This playlist, updated each...

Trains’ Swiss steam adventures: Brienz Cog Railway

Trains’ Swiss steam adventures: Brienz Cog Railway

Join Trains and guests on a guided tour of Switzerland's Brienz Cog Railway. Officially the...

No. 119, meet SD70ACe

No. 119, meet SD70ACe

What could be: See how Trains Art Director Tom Danneman added — layer by layer...

Swiss narrow gauge railway adventure on the Albula Pass

Swiss narrow gauge railway adventure on the Albula Pass

Join Trains Digital Editor Steve Sweeney for a Swiss narrow gauge mountain railroad adventure on...

Trains Presents: Southern Railway steam doubleheader

Trains Presents: Southern Railway steam doubleheader

Ride with us on the tender tank of Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 while we...

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam

Join us for a ride on the tender of a narrow-gauge Mikado in the San...

The Race to Promontory

The Race to Promontory

Go behind the scenes and listen to the chief curator at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum...

2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train video

2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train video

Check out the 2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at Milwaukee with Trains' Editor Jim Wrinn!...

President George H.W. Bush funeral train video

President George H.W. Bush funeral train video

Watch the Union Pacific funeral train for George H.W. Bush as it crosses Texas. You'll...