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.

Change is in the air

Classic Trains

HeadEnd

VISIT US ON THE WEB

KALMBHCH HOBBY STORE

Famous 5344

Traction’s biggest ‘what if’ • Reflections on the 60th anniversary of North Shore Line’s last runs

Many flavors of ’45s

Just another sunday in 1946

SEQUENTIAL SERENDIPITY • A colorful and well-timed catch on the new CSX

MY USA RAILPASS ADVENTURE OF 1978 • It wasn’t all Amtrak, either: thank goodness for the Rio Grande Zephyr

CALIFORNIA CHRONICLES SCRAPBOOK 1 • THROUGHOUT THE FIFTIES, PALS BOB TOWNLEY AND WALT VIELBAUM RECORDED A NOW-LOST WORLD OF STEAM, DIESEL, AND TRACTION

Firing on the Illinois Central in 1969 • AS A STUDENT FIREMAN, I EXPERIENCED A LIFETIME OF ADVENTURES

Burlington Football Specials converge on Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31, 1964

NOT THE BEST OF TIMES • A Penn Central passenger train provides a window on 1970s railroading

Oldest Amtrak locomotives • A SURVEY OF THE OLDEST LOCOMOTIVES AMTRAK INHERITED IN 1971

The last true believer

20th Century Limited: ‘The Greatest Train Ever Made’

Riding in the 1950s • Trips on the New York Central and Lehigh Valley left lasting memories for a college student

NextIssue

Roll-on, roll-off paper cars

The storm before the calm