Don't miss the July 2026 issue of Trains magazine!

• America at 250: Still unimaginable without railroads. 
• Veteran railroad journalist Fred W. Frailey returns to the pages of Trains with an examination of 8 major changes the railroad industry has undergone since the bicentennial of 1976.
• The Bicentennial in Black & White: In the 1970s Gordon Lloyd Jr. tracked down bicentennial railroad equipment in the Pittsburgh area.
• Kevin P. Keefe recalls the July 1975 Trains photo shoot that produced one of the most iconic railroad images of the decade: A gathering of red, white, and blue locomotives in Chicago.
• Learn what it took to plan Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014’s Coast-to-Coast Tour in celebration of America 250.
• Check out photos of the latest America 250 locomotives.
• PLUS: Is Progress Rail’s EMD back in the game thanks to its updated SD70ACe-T4 and a new order from CPKC?