''Trains'' is a monthly magazine about
train
A train (from Old French , from Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles th ...
s and
railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...
aimed at
railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees. The magazine primarily covers railroad happenings in the United States and Canada, but has some articles on railroading elsewhere.
It was founded as ''Trains'' in 1940 by publisher
Al C. Kalmbach and editorial director Linn Westcott. From October 1951 to March 1954, the magazine was named ''Trains and Travel''. Jim Wrinn, a former reporter and editor at the ''
Charlotte Observer'', served as editor from 2004 until his death in 2022. Carl A. Swanson succeeded him.
''Trains'' was long among the 11 magazines published by
Kalmbach Media, based in
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Waukesha ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 71,158 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River adjacent to th ...
. In May 2024, Kalmbach Media sold ''Trains'', along with other railroad and astronomy-related publications to Firecrown Media.
Editors
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Al C. Kalmbach, 1940–1948
* Willard V. Anderson, 1948–1953
* David P. Morgan, 1953–1987
* J. David Ingles, 1987–1992
* Kevin P. Keefe, 1992–2000, 2004, 2022 (interim)
*
Mark W. Hemphill, 2000–2004
* Jim Wrinn, 2004–2022
* Carl A. Swanson, 2022–present
See also
*
Railroad-related periodicals
References
External links
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