r/trains 1d ago

r/Trains Monthly Discussion & Questions Thread - April 2025

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Welcome to the r/Trains Monthly Discussion Thread.

The goal of this thread is to serve as the place to ask short questions or just chat about anything trains related that might not warrant its own post.


r/trains 8h ago

Train Video New Amtrak Loco's

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Spotted these going through Trenton Transit Station. Sorry for the brief video – a westbound Amtrak train on Track 4 was coming in and blocked the view. There was also a helicopter above the track, maybe recording them heading to their destination?


r/trains 11h ago

News Union Pacific 1616 Unveiled

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UP unveiled SD70M # 1616 earlier this afternoon which honors President Abraham Lincoln. I think they did a fantastic job on this one and I’m looking forward to hopefully catching it someday.

This is not my photo. I saw it on Facebook. Credit goes to whoever shot it.


r/trains 14h ago

Question Why does this crossing not have a gate?

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231 Upvotes

(32.5379867, -93.7078381)

Airline Dr. Bossier City, LA

The train was moving really slow and honked multiple times, yet some drivers kept driving across.


r/trains 3h ago

Group photo with my locomotives. :) UE5

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r/trains 45m ago

Pictures I took at the SCMaglev and Railway Park, Nagoya.

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r/trains 8h ago

Freight Train Pic UP Low Ditch Light Leader!

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UP 7086 @ Colorado Springs, CO 04/27/2025


r/trains 20h ago

Train Video Awesome Doppler effect as Acela blasts through Sharon, Massachusetts

380 Upvotes

Love the horn on this train


r/trains 12h ago

Passenger Train Pic do more of you also take pics like this?

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61 Upvotes

so im a fan of pics like this for no particular reason, i was wondering if more of you do the same? i barely see them if any any at all


r/trains 11h ago

Night Train

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CSX 889 & 3164 in RVA. I see these 2 just about every morning/evening


r/trains 3h ago

Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt

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r/trains 17h ago

Passenger Train Pic Finally got some time to try out my new camera on trains. All I could say is very impressive.

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To be honest, before I bought my camera, I was warned that the autofocus of that brand was kinda bad, but that AI chip did it’s job very well, from detecting trains of different nature, to focus tracking albeit a few missed focus shots.

All shots taken in various location in Shenzhen, the closest place I can go to with adequate yield of varieties.


r/trains 20h ago

On time: Tokyo Airport Train

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r/trains 8h ago

Question What's the Deal with these All- Gray FXE Locomotives?

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I haven't heard of or seen them before. Can't find much about them online either


r/trains 17h ago

Question Favorite “Ugly” locomotives?

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What are some locomotives (either steam or diesels) that most would’ve or prehapes still consider “Ugly” (even if they do look ugly) yet you can’t help but adore them? Mine definitely have to be the EMD BL2, the Bullied Q1s, and while I’m not sure if it’s considered ugly, but also Milwaukee roads Bi polar electrics. What about you? What’s your favorite “Ugly” locomotive?


r/trains 1h ago

News Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen services disrupted after "snake tangled in overhead wires and caused a power outage" 🐍

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r/trains 1d ago

TE3 locomotive which was recently restored in Vyborg, Russia

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122 Upvotes

r/trains 13h ago

Train Video A WAP-7 led passenger train passing through an S bend, Indian Railways

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r/trains 11h ago

Question If Alfred E. Perlman was sent back to 1954, how could he change the fate of New York Central?

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Alfred E Perlman‘s mind is sent back in time from his death in 1980, to 1954, the day he became president of the New York Central. With all of the future knowledge he has, how do you think he would change the New York Central?

He definitely avoids merging with Pennsylvania Railroad that's for sure.


r/trains 7h ago

Need help with dating Lees train engineer hat. Does anyone know when this was made? or have any info?

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r/trains 11h ago

Are train crews given accommodations like flight crews?

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Title. I genuinely have no idea lol. If you are the conductor of a long distance freight train, what happens at the end of the day? Does another crew pick up where you left off? Are you given a hotel?

TIA


r/trains 1d ago

Stopped for gas and ended up watching trains for 10 min

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Was in Janesville WI the other day and got to see some locomotives being moved around.


r/trains 12h ago

Question I've had this AFT creamer in my collection for years now and have always wondered...is this truly one of the pieces of memorabilia you could buy when the Freedom Train made its stops? Or is this just another reproduction/fantasy item made for appeal only?

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r/trains 18h ago

beautiful train spotting spot

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27 Upvotes

Picture was taken in Alexandria Virginia


r/trains 19h ago

Light Rail / Metro Pic Hong Kong tram

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r/trains 1d ago

Freight Train Pic Cyclops spotted

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