General Discussion (Classic Trains)

Like Classic Trains magazine, this forum is devoted to the 1920s–1970s "golden years of railroading." Discussions span everything from steam locomotives to classic streamliners to early diesels.

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Sticky FORUM RULES UPDATED 8-31-17 Posted 2 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	15970
All Manner of Trains BaltACD replied to this thread 1 hours ago Posted 2 days ago by M636C	9	334
Classic Train Questions Part Deux (50 Years or Older) daveklepper replied to this thread 10 hours ago Posted 11 years ago by passengerfan	7361	761483
Billboard Reefers Sheepdog replied to this thread 22 hours ago Posted 10 years ago by Great Western	23	15880
Classic Era Trains in Classic Films! rcdrye replied to this thread yesterday Posted 2 months ago by The Milwaukee Road Warrior	10	846
Happy Tanks-A-Giving Everyone! Jones1945 replied to this thread yesterday Posted 2 days ago by Flintlock76	1	116
Very strange things Jones1945 replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted one year ago by Miningman	1073	38315
The Manhattan Bridge daveklepper replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 5 days ago by daveklepper	9	495
Third Avenue Lightweight Streetcars daveklepper replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	83	15862
Classic Railroad Quiz (at least 50 years old). Overmod replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 11 years ago by Texas Zepher	7135	648559
The Ripley Regional Railroad Plan rrnut282 replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 24 days ago by BaltACD	3	371
Todays "Photo O' The Day" CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 3 days ago Posted one month ago by Flintlock76	99	4030
Opelika, AL WRA-COG Interchange in the Steam Era rcdrye replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted 7 days ago by SPer	1	156
The Golden Arrow M636C replied to this thread 8 days ago Posted 16 days ago by M636C	4	387
Mergers Before the "Modern Era". wjstix replied to this thread 9 days ago Posted 12 days ago by Backshop	14	557
Forty Second Street NY Conduit Streetcars M636C replied to this thread 16 days ago Posted 28 days ago by M636C	12	845
Convertible streetcars (and semi-convertibles?) daveklepper replied to this thread 19 days ago Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	33	6054
The Pullman Musings Of An Old Man Flintlock76 replied to this thread 20 days ago Posted 27 days ago by GN_Fan	6	516
re:control cabs mvlandsw replied to this thread 20 days ago Posted 21 days ago by CARMINE PELAIA	2	304
An E-4 in Omaha jeffhergert replied to this thread 28 days ago Posted 3 months ago by M636C	20	1380
Moving From One Fort To Another By Train wjstix replied to this thread one month ago Posted 2 months ago by SPer	6	919
Remembering the Third Avenue Elevated daveklepper replied to this thread one month ago Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	55	7044
RF&P and WM Potomacs Backshop replied to this thread one month ago Posted 8 months ago by SPer	13	1032
A Steam Train Passes Flintlock76 replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by M636C	6	651
Classic Trains in Computer Simulations (Trainz, Train Simulator 2020) Jones1945 replied to this thread one month ago Posted 2 years ago by Jones1945	77	14928
Peter Witt streetcars that are not PCCs daveklepper replied to this thread one month ago Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	52	12867
Hey, Milwaukee Road Fans! Flintlock76 replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by Flintlock76	6	687
All the Brooklyn PCC photos you could possibly want daveklepper replied to this thread one month ago Posted 5 months ago by daveklepper	19	1692
Page 85, Fall, 2020 issue, New Orleans photo Overmod replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by daveklepper	41	2206
How's About Some Rompin' Stompin' New York Central Steam Action? daveklepper replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by Flintlock76	1	500