Classic Trains

CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN RAILROADING – WHEN GIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, COLORFUL DIESELS AND STEAMLINERS SHARED THE RAILS. CLASSIC TRAINS COVERS THE 1930’S THROUGH THE 1970’S WITH REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHY, DETAILED REPORTING AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE GREAT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS.

Go ride a train!

Classic Trains

HeadEnd • A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

Ultimate dual-service engine: NYC 4-8-2 Mohawks • The mighty Mohawks proved their worth across the vast New York Central network

Fairbanks-Morse Erie-Built diesel locomotives • These distinctive streamlined diesels sold just 111 units in less than four years of production

Reviews

KALMBACH HOBBY STORE

Manufacturers’ masterpiece • Letters from readers on our Spring 2024 issue

Contemplating the King: B&LE No. 643 • In Ohio, a 2-10-4 is beginning to get the attention it deserves

Smoking mixed on the prairie

Circle trip to the WEST COAST • LATE IN THE PASSENGER-TRAIN ERA, A YOUNG WEST VIRGINIAN FINDS FASCINATING VARIETY ON SEVERAL WESTERN RAILROADS

CAB RIDE ON IC’S RACETRACK 1963 • MY CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ADVENTURE WAS PART OF A ONE-DAY MIDWEST CIRCLE TRIP THAT INCLUDED THE WABASH CANNON BALL AND PENNSY’S SOUTH WIND

GOOD SAMARITANS ON A NORTH WESTERN TRAIN MASTER

Less-than-grand Grand Canyon

A banquet of PASSENGER TRAINS • MY U.S.-CANADA CIRCLE TRIP WAS A DEEP DIVE INTO RAILROADING, 1977 STYLE

Brief Encounters • FROM THE TRAINS WALLACE W. ABBEY RODE

By train to Hay River • A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME TRIP OVER THE NORTHERN ALBERTA RAILWAYS AND THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE RAILWAY

Chicago & North Western’s bilevel Flambeau 400 • Passengers enjoyed top service between to northern Wisconsin on bilevel equipment

Chattahoochee Valley Railway

Classic train journeys with a modern twist • Find a scenic train to ride almost anywhere across the U.S.

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