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Trains, 1 Nov 2026

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Trains is the #1 magazine among railroad enthusiasts! Each issue is packed with probing features, railroad news, expert commentary, cutting-edge industry reports, detailed maps, and spectacular photography covering railroading's influential history and exciting future.

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ArticleWay out west

The last days of Chicago & North West­ern’s Cow­boy Line in west­ern Neb­raska The Chicago & North West­ern’s east-west line across north­ern Neb­raska was on its last legs when I encountered it in the 1980s, but this long and lonely rail­road had a...

Way out west

ArticleWin­ning pho­tos

‘The unex­pec­ted’ is the theme of this year’s Trains–NRHS photo con­test Richard Con­lin A num­ber of ele­ments came together in an unex­pec­ted man­ner to cre­ate an inter­est­ing view inside Los Angeles Union Sta­tion. I was wait­ing to board...

Win­ning pho­tos

ArticlePure Ver­mont

A chance encounter cre­ates a Green Moun­tain memory “VERMONT HAS MORE COWS THAN PEOPLE” is a well-worn say­ing that could be the state’s motto. This pop­u­lar belief is a mis­con­cep­tion even though Ver­mont’s sparse pop­u­la­tion seems to be...

Pure Ver­mont

ArticleBegin­ning of the end

The com­ing of Amtrak meant the end of the line for many pas­sen­ger trains in 1971 Isus­pect that more than a few rail­fans and/or pas­sen­ger train enthu­si­asts would find the title phrase an apt descrip­tion of the loss of almost all...

Begin­ning of the end