Firecrown Classic Trains Magazine Spring 2025

The past is back in Classic Trains, the quarterly magazine celebrating the historic “golden years” of North American railroading. In Classic Trains, you’ll take a trip back and rediscover the railroads, trains, and people who worked the rails from the 1920s to the ’70s. You’ll relive the days of powerful steam locomotives, vintage diesels, flashy streamliners and more.

FEATURES:

• Seaboards Silver Fleet – The strong Florida travel market created a demand for better trains
• Philadelphias Ground Breaking Silverliners – Budd stainless steel left a legacy for Philadelphia commuters
• Silverton Branch – Denver & Rio Grande Westerns most remote train squeezes up the gorge of Rio de Las Animas Perdidas twice a week
• Silver Bulldogs Burlingtons E5s – Shining silver streamliners from the future
• Southerns Silversides coal gondolas – These distinctive freight haulers revolutionized car construction
• Passenger Perspective: Silver Streamliners – Stainless steel has offered nearly a century of resilience and beauty