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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Trains on TV michaeljy replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by michaeljy	3	967
Classic train stories and Urban Archeology Road Fan replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Road Fan	25	10953
Some drawings made by myself Posted 15 years ago by De Luxe	0	1514
Starting Procedure route_rock replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Lost World	6	1339
Magor Car Corp. - Post WWII Freight cars for Portugal & Spain - Question?? wanswheel replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by simao29	2	1153
Ohio Passenger Service dabug replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by RoyPBower	2	1483
Railway fact or myth? AgentKid replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by yankee flyer	17	13787
Depot chalkboards THE.RR replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Southwest Chief	5	3373
PRR T1s 6110 & 6111 MJChittick replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by railroader9999	2	1420
Ceramic Train Tile Given By CN. Posted 15 years ago by TDWPJacques	0	3019
Why short track lengths beside railway? Adman replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Adman	9	1803
AH HA Decapod AltonFan replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by yankee flyer	4	1128
Ralph Brown's custom built large scale Workshop daveklepper replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by rsbs427	1	1310
Wish I had seen that wjstix replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by cnwfan51	15	5213
Looking for information on steam loco say running NV train man replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 18 years ago by Anonymous	4	1097
Railroad Job Description route_rock replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by pajrr	7	1600
Crews During Steam bubbajustin replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by bubbajustin	7	1245
SP Line (now UP) Out of El Paso North Through Alamogordo Towards Vaughn, NM Railway Man replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by FTGT725	4	2182
Canadian National Super Continental consists M636C replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by De Luxe	6	10811
When did color film become available? Anonymous replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by 081552	26	27736
locomotive(s) in movie "Wild Boys of the Road" (1933)? steamfieman replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by dredmann	6	5370
Classic Train questions (50 years or older) Bergie replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 16 years ago by passengerfan	710	81266
Moved into house and it came with a train set minus the trains? yankee flyer replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by KGNickl	6	1580
UP Big Boys and Extras Great Western replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by barraclou.com	9	2654
WELLSVILLE, ADDISON, AND GALETON...the real meaning of "WAG"! Posted 15 years ago by henry6	0	3161
SP steam in Texas and Louisiana dredmann replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by De Luxe	2	1274
Port Huron & Detroit : Complete Coverage wanswheel replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Andrew Falconer	3	2227
Hercules Chemicals products used to be moved by Railroads wjstix replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Andrew Falconer	8	1885
What was the weirdest steam locomotive ever produced for U.S. rails? Anonymous replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 16 years ago by Road Fan	32	24065
Suwannee and San Pedro BHirschi replied to this thread 15 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Norwood	3	1121