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FIRST QUARTER 2026: Olev Taremae takes us trackside on the Maine Central in winter through the lens of photographer David Augsberger. Jeffrey and Jeremy Plant present classic scenes of the Columbus & Greenville, Louisiana Midland, Kansas City Southern, DeQueen & Eastern, Louisiana & Northwestern, and the A&LM, captured during a 1977 railfan excursion. We also explore the Chestnut Ridge Railway, a small line serving the New Jersey Zinc Co. in Palmerton, Pa., while Mike Bednar’s latest installment of life on the railroad delves into the colorful nicknames given to railroaders — and the stories behind them. All this and more in the First Quarter issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past!!

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First Quarter 2026
Issue No. 44

Features

Dave Augsburger — Snowbird

by Olev Taremae — Classic Maine Central Winter Action

Deep in the Deep South 1977

by Jeffrey G. Plant and Jeremy F. Plant — Vintage Southern Short Lines and Class One Action

A Short Stop at Palmerton

by Gale Treiber — New Jersey Zinc Company’s Chestnut Ridge Railway

What’s in a Name?

by Mike Bednar — Leave Your Feelings At Home!

 DEPARTMENTS

Antiques RailRoadshow — Legacy paint scheme sightings

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

Time Machine — Timeless views of your favorite railroads from long ago or yesterday

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Trains & Railroads of the Past celebrates classic North American railroad heritage of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.