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.

Winter wonderlands, and a crew change

Classic Trains

HeadEnd • A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

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Prosperity Special remembered • Letters from readers on our Fall 2021 issue

R&LHS centennial

Sunrise at South Amboy

Royal Gorge revisited • A famous Denver & Rio Grande Western landmark retains its timeless appeal

Two photographers you should know • LITTLE KNOWN OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND, GEORGE COREY AND STANWOOD BOLTON WERE AMONG THE BEST LATE STEAM-ERA LENSMEN

Man WITH A pass • IN THE MID-1960s, A NEW YORK CENTRAL EMPLOYEE ENJOYED FREE TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE ON HIS HOME ROAD AND OTHERS

Life of a signal man • FROM SIGNAL HELPER TO SIGNAL MAINTAINER ON THE ERIE LACKAWANNA

Buffalo’s Blizzard of ’77 • THE STORM THAT BROUGHT A CITY’S RAILROADS TO A STANDSTILL

Santa Fe at Barstow, Calif., October 1975

The LAST CATCH • IN THE FINAL SUMMER BEFORE AMTRAK, BURLINGTON NORTHERN’S NORTH COAST LIMITED STILL CARRIED A RAILWAY POST OFFICE THAT PICKED UP MAIL ON THE FLY

Winter in Wisconsin • MASTER RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN GRUBER APPLIED A JOURNALIST’S EYE TO HIS AVOCATION

The rest of the story • Winding down on the North Western, an interlude in Vermont, and success on Indiana short lines

Riding the Harlem Division in the 1960s • Passengers were like family on a laid-back New York Central line

Bad day for a B&O hotshot • A 33-mile detour on the Northeast Corridor becomes an hours-long ordeal for a priority freight

Bicentennial grab shot • A unique Milwaukee Road locomotive makes for a dramatic — if unplanned — photograph

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Postscript in Milwaukee

Reading’s great Philly trainshed