January 2008

Look inside the current issue of Trains Magazine

Trains magazine covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader.

Trains offers something for everyone who has a spark for railroading: Railroad news, insight, and commentary on today's freight railroads, passenger service, transit, locomotives, technology, preservation, fan opportunities, and more. You'll also see images and read stories from railroading's glorious past, and explore the bright future of railroading. It's all in the pages of Trains magazine.

Features

How Much Does It Cost?

By Tom Murray

From head-hardened rail to heavy-haul locomotives, here's what railroad are spending

Map of the Month: Transcontinental Tonnage

By Curtis W. Richards

Compare traffic densities on routes to California in the 1960s

No Men Allowed

By Mridu Khullar

Rather than tolerate too-friendly contact on most Mumbai, India, commuter trains, many women ride the 'Ladies Special'

Boats & Trains

By Ben Bachman

Why my obsessions with trains and boats are so similar, yet so different

Ps-4Ever

By Dale Alexander Roberts, Ed King

Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful Pacific in the world?

Online extra!

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Railroad Reading

By John Edgett

Double Trouble on Donner Pass: Snow and rain wreak havoc on a trip from Sparks, Nev., to Roseville, Calif.

Gallery

By Assorted Photographers

Canadian National; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range; and Pan Am Railways battle snow, ice, and bitter cold

News

News & Photos

Shippers, railroads spar over proposed rate bill

Don Phillips

Tom Murray

Technology