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.

Celebrating Railroad History

Classic Trains

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

Warbonnet again

EBT wins $1.6 million grant to restore bridges • Steel truss span at Pogue is railroad’s largest at 275 feet

SAVE UPTO 32% • GET 1 YEAR OF CLASSIC TRAINS FOR AS LOW AS $26.95

New preservation group buys Amtrak AEM7 No. 927 • Northeast Rail Heritage Inc. saves unit from scrapping

Nevada museum acquires 1907 Virginia & Truckee car • No. 20 was the last new passenger car acquired by the V&T

OBITUARIES

ALL NEW!

Reviews

Chasing trains with Hank Griffiths • Letters from readers on our Winter 2024 issue

In 1965, a silver anniversary for Trains • In their time, NYC and SP still pointed to the future

Silver at Del Mar • Gleaming red-and-silver Santa Fe diesels congregate at the Del Mar Fairgrounds north of San Diego on Aug. 8, 1964. The occasion, of course, is the annual summer horse racing season, which drew thousands of spectators from throughout Southern California, a market well-served by the Santa Fe. At left, two men admire Alco PA No. 51 and its brethren displaying green flags for a first section. At right we see an A-B-B set of EMD F units, led by F7 No. 338. Today this rail infrastructure is gone.

Seaboard’s ‘SILVER’ FLEET • THE STRONG FLORIDA TRAVEL MARKET CREATED A DEMAND FOR BETTER TRAINS

Philadelphia’s ground breaking SILVERLINERS • Budd stainless steel left a legacy for Philadelphia commuters

Silverton Branch • DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN’S MOST REMOTE TRAIN SQUEEZES UP THE GORGE OF RIO DE LAS ANIMAS PERDIDAS TWICE A WEEK

North Shore’s Silverliners

Silver Bulldogs: Burlington’s E5s • Shining streamliners from the future

Southern’s Silversides coal gondolas • These distinctive freight haulers revolutionized car construction

Silver Streamliners • Stainless steel has offered nearly a century of resilience and beauty

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF CARING FOR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY • WHAT I LOVE AND SOMETIMES HATE ABOUT RUNNING AN ARCHIVE

Riding the Silver Fleet, 1969-1970 • My job on the Burlington was a classroom on passenger equipment

MacTier Interlude • A chance encounter on a station platform

Saving Silver Splendor • Transitioning a CB&Q dome from California to the White Mountains

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