Trains
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| description | American Railroad Magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Railway system |
| language | English |
| First edition | 1940 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Sold edition | 93,318 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | James G. Wrinn |
| editor | Kalmbach Publishing |
| Web link | www.trains.com |
| ISSN (print) | 0041-0934 |
Trains (also: Trains Magazine ) is a monthly railroad magazine from the USA . Along with Astronomy Magazine and Model Railroader, it is one of the most important magazines from Kalmbach Publishing . The magazine is read by rail enthusiasts and those involved in the rail industry alike.
The magazine was founded in 1940 by Al C. Kalmbach and is the largest North American magazine on rail traffic. The focus of the reporting is on the railways in the USA and Canada . The magazine includes a monthly column by the International Herald Tribune journalist Don Phillips .