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.

Treasures in the archives

Classic Trains US

Head End • A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

Reviews

Fast Mail • Letters from readers on our Spring 2019 issue

East Coast color

My fleeting affair with the Monon • Boyhood encounters with the Hoosier Line were brief, but the attachment has lasted a lifetime

Quiet monsters COMING TO LIFE • Donald W. Furler was an early master of action photography in the Northeast

Bad day at OLATHE, great day at LAWRENCE • DERAILMENT DETOURS BRING RARE MOVES TO A SECONDARY SANTA FE MAIN LINE

Golden Spike Centennial prelude • IN MAY 1969 STEAM WAS THE GOAL, BUT A MULTITUDE OF FIRST-GENERATION DIESELS WAS THE REWARD

An office car finale • HOW THE C&O/B&O ENDED A CENTURY-OLD TRADITION OF RAILROAD BUSINESS CARS

JOHN W. BARRIGER’S SUPER RAILROADS • In 1956, a leading rail thinker produced a small book with some big ideas for the industry

Frisco’s “Flash” at West Tulsa, March 1960

Sailing to the U.P. • Three southern Michigan fans discover the diesel treasures of the state’s far reaches

To Centralia for STEAM • A hard ride on an overnight local took a young man to an Illinois Central hot spot

Migrant manager • Transfers to Cleveland, Indiana, and Chicago brought new experiences

Four days with the Golden Spike Centennial Limited • Adventures with a Berkshire — and J. J. Young Jr. — in May 1969

City lights • Switching boxcars at night was a challenge for a greenhorn brakeman on the Rock Island

Meet me in St. Louis

Devoted to railroad imagery • The Center for Railroad Photography & Art focuses on preservation, presentation

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