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What''s So Great About Your State?
We asked readers to tell us about railroading that is the best. We found it coast-to-coast, just over the horizon
By Jim Wrinn
Pennsylvania: Where Trains Do Heavy Lifting
The Keystone State offers main lines, short lines, transit, steam, and still makes locos
By Dan Cupper
Best of the East: From the Seaboard to the Mountains
The East is about fast mains, slow drags, abundant short lines, big bridges, and plenty more unique railroading
Eastern Gallery
Norfolk Southern powers a Canadian Pacific Railway train over the Mohawk River in Cohoes, N.Y.
By Jim Shaughnessy
Illinois: Crossroads of American Railroads
Key routes, busy yards, and tons of interchanges. No wonder this state was our top pick!
By Curtis W. Richards
Best of the Midwest: Action, Variety From Fields to Factories
From the Dakotas to Michigan to Louisiana and Mississippi, the Midwest offers more than you might expect
Midwestern Gallery
A Canadian National train rumbles through new-fallen snow at New Richmond, Wis., 10 miles from the Minnesota border.
By Dean Sauvola
California: Like Nowhere Else on Earth!
The Golden State''s charms are many. Just one visit, and you''ll say, "Eureka!"
By David Lustig
Best of the West: Where Big Skies Meet Big Trains
From Washington and Montana to Texas, the West has won railfans from near and far
Western Gallery
Despite being one of the lowest-elevation crossing of the Continental Divide, Marias Pass is still a marvel.
By Charles L. Dischinger
Railroad Reading
Long Island was the right place and his ninth birthday was the right time. All they needed was Uncle Bud and 1508
By Bob Mackreth
Gallery
When the loop shuts down for maintenance in Tehachapi, Monolith, Calif., comes to life with Warbonnets and more
By Steve Crise
News
Railroad News & Photos
UP''s licensing battle; Alexander Kummant interview
Don Phillips
Don Phillips
Those who changed railroad history still can''t believe it
Tom Murray
Change, at last, comes to Union Pacific''s Sunset Route
Technology
When tack time is tight, technology steps in
Locomotive
UP''s "untouched" units: Get ''em while you can
Passenger
New Illinois trains required months of preparation
City Rail
Top 10 U.S. rail transit agencies by ridership
Departments
From the Editor
All about what's new at Trains
Ask Trains
"Doll-arm" signals Turbocharged diesels Those hooded coil cars
Preservation
Nevada McKeen car to roll again
We asked readers to tell us about railroading that is the best. We found it coast-to-coast, just over the horizon
By Jim Wrinn
Pennsylvania: Where Trains Do Heavy Lifting
The Keystone State offers main lines, short lines, transit, steam, and still makes locos
By Dan Cupper
Best of the East: From the Seaboard to the Mountains
The East is about fast mains, slow drags, abundant short lines, big bridges, and plenty more unique railroading
Eastern Gallery
Norfolk Southern powers a Canadian Pacific Railway train over the Mohawk River in Cohoes, N.Y.
By Jim Shaughnessy
Illinois: Crossroads of American Railroads
Key routes, busy yards, and tons of interchanges. No wonder this state was our top pick!
By Curtis W. Richards
Best of the Midwest: Action, Variety From Fields to Factories
From the Dakotas to Michigan to Louisiana and Mississippi, the Midwest offers more than you might expect
Midwestern Gallery
A Canadian National train rumbles through new-fallen snow at New Richmond, Wis., 10 miles from the Minnesota border.
By Dean Sauvola
California: Like Nowhere Else on Earth!
The Golden State''s charms are many. Just one visit, and you''ll say, "Eureka!"
By David Lustig
Best of the West: Where Big Skies Meet Big Trains
From Washington and Montana to Texas, the West has won railfans from near and far
Western Gallery
Despite being one of the lowest-elevation crossing of the Continental Divide, Marias Pass is still a marvel.
By Charles L. Dischinger
Railroad Reading
Long Island was the right place and his ninth birthday was the right time. All they needed was Uncle Bud and 1508
By Bob Mackreth
Gallery
When the loop shuts down for maintenance in Tehachapi, Monolith, Calif., comes to life with Warbonnets and more
By Steve Crise
News
Railroad News & Photos
UP''s licensing battle; Alexander Kummant interview
Don Phillips
Don Phillips
Those who changed railroad history still can''t believe it
Tom Murray
Change, at last, comes to Union Pacific''s Sunset Route
Technology
When tack time is tight, technology steps in
Locomotive
UP''s "untouched" units: Get ''em while you can
Passenger
New Illinois trains required months of preparation
City Rail
Top 10 U.S. rail transit agencies by ridership
Departments
From the Editor
All about what's new at Trains
Ask Trains
"Doll-arm" signals Turbocharged diesels Those hooded coil cars
Preservation
Nevada McKeen car to roll again
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