THIRD QUARTER 2026: In “Short Lines of Oregon and Washington” we view the last vestiges of the logging and timber era in the Pacific Northwest, plus other select short lines in the 1970s and 1980s. “Toto Travels Northeast” gives us a look at Northeast railroading in the 1970s with Midwest native Carl Graves. Mike Bednar’s latest installment of life on the railroad provides “A GE Sampler.” All this and more in the Third Quarter issue of Trains and Railroads of the Past!

Current Issue

Third Quarter 2026
Issue No. 47


Features

Toto Travels Northeast 

I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore — Carl Graves

Short Lines of Oregon and Washington

Last Vestiges of the Logging and Timber Era in the Pacific Northwest — Jeffrey G. Plant and Jeremy F. Plant

A GE Sampler

General Electric Diesels on the Anthracite Roads — Mike Bednar

 


 DEPARTMENTS

Electric Company — Electric-powered trains

Car Corner — Unique freight and passenger cars

E.O.T. — A humorous or unusual railroad photograph

Quiz — Test your knowledge

Write-of-Way — Our readers respond!


 PHOTO DEPARTMENTS

Close, But No Cigar! — A photograph that is almost perfect, except for…

Links to the Past — Moments long gone, live on through the lens of a camera

Odds & Endcabs — These are not your typical cookie-cutter locomotives and rolling stock

People — Lively additions to spice up rail photos

Sign Language — Interesting signage found along the right of way

The Scenic Route — Beautiful scenes from around the railroad world

Doublestack — Two related images


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