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 7 months ago by Brian Schmidt	0	1758
Big Hank and how the CNR was saved Jones1945 replied to this thread 16 minutes ago Posted 5 days ago by Miningman	18	859
3D NYCentral Dreyfuss Hudson and the 20th Century Limited Jones1945 replied to this thread an hour ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	18	811
Baldwin Steam Locomotives for Export Jones1945 replied to this thread an hour ago Posted 8 days ago by Jones1945	12	457
Classic Railroad Quiz (at least 50 years old). rcdrye replied to this thread 1 hours ago Posted 9 years ago by Texas Zepher	6495	595821
PRR Duplexes and Experimental Engines Discussion ( S1, S2, T1 etc.) Jones1945 replied to this thread 1 hours ago Posted 4 months ago by Jones1945	365	14324
Classic Train Questions Part Deux (50 Years or Older) rcdrye replied to this thread 1 hours ago Posted 9 years ago by passengerfan	6586	705604
Risky Business - 1989 Posted 2 hours ago by BaltACD	0	34
Street Car, Street traffic, Steam and Subway cars in one scene Miningman replied to this thread 14 hours ago Posted 5 days ago by Miningman	5	359
Todays Photo O' The Day 12/11/18 Jones1945 replied to this thread 16 hours ago Posted yesterday by Firelock76	7	365
When, where, and what equipment gave the smoothest ride? Miningman replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 26 days ago by Miningman	41	1498
Rail Car Ferries rcdrye replied to this thread 3 days ago Posted 12 days ago by Miningman	52	1651
CNR Steamship Lines Miningman replied to this thread 4 days ago Posted one month ago by Miningman	137	3640
Baldwin 58501 wjstix replied to this thread 6 days ago Posted 8 days ago by BaltACD	2	258
Why This Train Is The Envy Of The World: The Shinkansen Story Deggesty replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted 19 days ago by Jones1945	41	1703
Locomotives/Trains on Money Jones1945 replied to this thread 8 days ago Posted 11 days ago by Miningman	8	349
Interesting old Pennsy Ad Jones1945 replied to this thread 9 days ago Posted 12 days ago by Miningman	20	807
It's 2018, do you know where your steam locomotive is? M636C replied to this thread 9 days ago Posted 4 months ago by seppburgh2	4	643
Remembering the Third Avenue Elevated daveklepper replied to this thread 11 days ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	21	2240
Convertable streetcars (and semi-convertables?) daveklepper replied to this thread 11 days ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	18	2285
Three custom F-M H12-44TS for passenger switching cx500 replied to this thread 12 days ago Posted 23 days ago by NP Eddie	15	705
It is Time for The Christmas Geep Penny Trains replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted 19 days ago by Miningman	16	672
So you want to run a Steam Engine CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 28 days ago by BaltACD	7	483
Railbus and Motor Railcar Overmod replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	34	1781
Railroads in World War 2 Firelock76 replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 16 days ago by SPer	5	320
Unique Trains and Sightings Firelock76 replied to this thread 15 days ago Posted one month ago by Miningman	17	941
Makes Me Wonder What Else Is Out There... MidlandMike replied to this thread 17 days ago Posted 27 days ago by Firelock76	36	1585
Mississippi Central locomotive bells Posted 18 days ago by WILLIAM O CRAIG	0	93
Piston rod failure of a NYC Niagara (Oct 1949) Jones1945 replied to this thread 20 days ago Posted 24 days ago by Jones1945	34	1444
4-8-2s vs 4-8-4s Mr. Bighead replied to this thread 21 days ago Posted 28 days ago by SPer	11	553