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 6 months ago by Brian Schmidt	0	1272
Classic Train Questions Part Deux (50 Years or Older) Miningman replied to this thread 35 minutes ago Posted 9 years ago by passengerfan	6512	700068
Classic Railroad Quiz (at least 50 years old). daveklepper replied to this thread an hour ago Posted 9 years ago by Texas Zepher	6434	590569
Trains made for Sears & Roebuck by Happy Time Toys Miningman replied to this thread an hour ago Posted 15 hours ago by Rick S	1	23
[ POLL ] Which front-end design of EMD E series do you prefer? M636C replied to this thread 2 hours ago Posted 26 days ago by Jones1945	155	3464
PRR Duplexes and Experimental Engines Discussion ( S1, S2, T1 etc.) Jones1945 replied to this thread 10 hours ago Posted 3 months ago by Jones1945	294	9936
Passenger car designs from 1930 to 1950 M636C replied to this thread 17 hours ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	41	1757
Spring 1948 visit to Coney Island Yards Overmod replied to this thread 23 hours ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	8	1183
north american cities witih only preWWII PCC's daveklepper replied to this thread yesterday Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	15	1675
The Man who gave us the new Montrealer and changed Amtrak MidlandMike replied to this thread 4 days ago Posted 8 days ago by Miningman	24	509
[Video] Soviet locomotive class AA20 4-14-4 Jones1945 replied to this thread 5 days ago Posted 13 days ago by Jones1945	49	1132
Peter Witt streetcars that are not PCCs daveklepper replied to this thread 6 days ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	35	3857
Auto Trade in the Classic Days... The Russell... Miningman replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted 16 days ago by Miningman	22	707
Great Northern Troop Trains wjstix replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted 13 days ago by SPer	25	713
What was the 2nd highest grossing train in America from 1930-1960? Jones1945 replied to this thread 9 days ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	24	1105
Third Avenue Lightweight Streetcars daveklepper replied to this thread 9 days ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	38	4584
New guy, 1st question Posted 9 days ago by Idaho Spud	0	35
Convertable streetcars (and semi-convertables?) daveklepper replied to this thread 12 days ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	16	1825
Replacement - Grand River Railroad and the Lake Erie and Northern Miningman replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted 14 days ago by Miningman	2	209
Penn Central 1974: World-Class Train Wreck of the 20th Century Jones1945 replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	5	583
What is this, what does it do? Overmod replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted 22 days ago by Miningman	39	1459
A short course in Railroading ... For Airline executives (by Southern Pacific 1946) Overmod replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted one month ago by Jones1945	31	1698
M2 eninge Overmod replied to this thread 13 days ago Posted 14 days ago by michlace	1	184
Grand River RR and Lake Erie and Northern... Discard this, new replacement Jones1945 replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 14 days ago by Miningman	5	254
C&O Steam To Chicago bill613a replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted one month ago by SPer	8	578
favorite steam trains Jones1945 replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 8 months ago by CARMINE PELAIA	44	3631
Want to explore starting a Train Museum Posted 18 days ago by cabot	0	74
Endicott to Binghampton,NY GeoffS replied to this thread 18 days ago Posted 24 days ago by Fr.Al	5	376
Ontario Northland Railway ... some scenes Miningman replied to this thread 20 days ago Posted 3 months ago by Miningman	8	919
Akron Canton & Youngstown SD70Dude replied to this thread 21 days ago Posted 4 years ago by 1oldgoat	33	14182