Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads 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.

Trains

Cover of the August 2024 issue
Editor	Carl A. Swanson
Categories	Rail transport
Frequency	Monthly
Total circulation (2018)	80,001[1]
Founded	1940
Company	Firecrown Media
Country	United States
Based in	Brookfield, Wisconsin
Language	English
Website	www.trains.com/trn/
ISSN	0041-0934
OCLC	51782761

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.^[2] Jim Wrinn, a former reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer, served as editor from 2004 until his death in 2022.^[3] Carl A. Swanson succeeded him.^[4]

Trains was long among the 11 magazines published by Kalmbach Media, based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In May 2024, Kalmbach Media sold Trains, along with other railroad and astronomy-related publications to Firecrown Media.^[5]

Editors

• 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)^[6]
• Mark W. Hemphill, 2000–2004
• Jim Wrinn, 2004–2022
• Carl A. Swanson, 2022–present

See also

• Railroad-related periodicals