Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees. It is among the 11 magazines published by Kalmbach Media, based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The magazine primarily covers railroad happenings in the United States and Canada, but has some articles on railroading elsewhere.

Trains
EditorJim Wrinn
CategoriesRail transport
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation
(2018)		80,001[1]
Year founded1940
CompanyKalmbach Media
CountryUSA
Based inWaukesha, Wisconsin
LanguageEnglish
Websitetrains.com
ISSN0041-0934

Founded as Trains in 1940 by Al C. Kalmbach as publisher, together with Linn Westcott as editorial director through 1953, the magazine was named Trains and Travel from October 1951 to March 1954.[2]

Jim Wrinn, formerly of the Charlotte Observer, was named editor in 2004.

Editors
  • Al C. Kalmbach, 1940–1948
  • Willard V. Anderson, 1948–1953
  • David P. Morgan, 1953–1987
  • J. David Ingle, 1987–1992
  • Kevin P. Keefe, 1992–2000
  • Mark W. Hemphill, 2000–2004
  • Jim Wrinn, 2004–present

See also
  • Railroad-related periodicals

References
  1. Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), Online-database, accessed 2019-07-04, listing monthly average for last half of 2018
  2. "Trains Timeline: a 75-year journey". Trains Magazine. May 2019.
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