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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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Kalmbach sells Classic Trains pennytrains replied to this thread 3 months ago Posted 4 months ago by Overmod	6	4288
Unable to access the Question thread weith regard to the 2 electric & 1 stean system serving a city and specific suburb rcdrye replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by daveklepper	4	2913
Penn Central RPO routes gmpullman replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 5 months ago by Christopher D	17	3795
Did the Boston & Albany 4-6-6Ts have stokers? Overmod replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by 03 1008	1	2533
Chicago Bears to or from Green Bay football extras. CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 2 years ago by NP Eddie	12	4263
Movie with photos of original (narrow-gauge) Jaffa - Jerusalem RR Posted 4 months ago by daveklepper	0	1952
Big Boy on passenger trains? BaltACD replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 18 years ago by Anonymous	7	8739
Interstates and rail freight in the U.S. wjstix replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by Aurora SL 1	10	3686
Wabash in St. Thomas Ontario WabashOntario1930s replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 6 years ago by Miningman	18	9422
Unable tro access Trains forum rcdrye replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 8 months ago by blue streak 1	11	7044
The Central Square, Cambridge, MS - Watertown streetcar line, Type 4 cars, 1950 daveklepper replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 6 years ago by daveklepper	15	6973
prr q1 Overmod replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 6 months ago by thomas81z	13	4401
PRR Fleet of Modernism (1938-1947) integrated discussion BaltACD replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 6 years ago by Jones1945	223	69443
Deleted daveklepper replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by daveklepper	2	2299
Corrected Conventions for Preservation and Transit Fans rcdrye replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by daveklepper	1	2188
Conventions for Transit and POreservation Fans Posted 5 months ago by daveklepper	0	2132
First Rebuilds? Mrchickenstrips replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by Mrchickenstrips	14	3598
Cleborne? rcdrye replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 7 months ago by TikiOwl	3	3428
Erie Railroad's herald ZephyrOverland replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 2 years ago by NKP guy	16	6082
1930s Third Avenue Railways purchase of 2nd-hand lightweight streetcars daveklepper replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 5 years ago by daveklepper	15	7060
Ninth and Sixth Avenue Manhattan Elevateds daveklepper replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 2 years ago by daveklepper	58	4923
American Flyer AC300 Reverse Control Unit Gets Hot wjstix replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 7 months ago by af_fred	1	2598
Wreck of the Broker BigJim replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 7 months ago by BaltACD	1	2613
Blackpool, England, 1962 and 1976 Paul of Covington replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 9 months ago by daveklepper	6	3675
Budd RDC cars (and its echo, the SPV?) daveklepper replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 6 years ago by daveklepper	7	4338
PRR GG-1 on FDR Funeral train wjstix replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by gbdesigns	2	3118
Change of train numbers Vermontanan2 replied to this thread 10 months ago Posted one year ago by Aurora SL 1	34	4857
Capital Transit in Washington, DC daveklepper replied to this thread 10 months ago Posted 6 years ago by daveklepper	102	24089
Castle Gate ( revisited) daveklepper replied to this thread 10 months ago Posted 6 years ago by Miningman	26	6194
Index of Articles for Classic Trains magazine timz replied to this thread 11 months ago Posted 11 months ago by garyla	1	2648