The vintage lot of 4 Trains magazine issues from 1996 is in good condition overall (minor wear typical for age, like slight corner/edge rubbing, but covers are intact, pages clean, no major tears or missing content based on your photos). These are collectible back issues from Kalmbach Publishing's leading railroading magazine, appealing to railroad enthusiasts, historians, and modelers.
Here are the individual titles/descriptions with key cover highlights and content teasers:
January 1996
Cover: Norfolk Southern's Wabash Country – black locomotive #1610 (with horse logo) leading a freight train in dramatic lighting.
Features: "Wabash Country" (Norfolk Southern's Automotive Artery), Arizona wreck eyewitness account, Fairbanks-Morse's Train Master locomotive landmark, Union Pacific in the Nevada Desert, Amtrak calendars.
May 1996
Cover: Steam locomotive #10 pulling passenger cars through smoky/forested scenery (bonus 1996 Tourist Rail Guide included).
Features: Tourist railroads "get it in gear," On Location: Southern Pacific's Cascade Crossing, "I Was a Teenage Dispatcher" personal story.
November 1996
Cover: Bright yellow Santa Fe (ATSF) locomotive #6401 with freight train against a mountainous backdrop.
Features: "Twenty-Four Hours on the Santa Fe," breakthrough in braking (electronic revolution), Northern Pacific passenger memories, On Location: Northeast Corridor.
March 1996
Cover: Metro-North commuter locomotive #2040 (blue/red/silver scheme) on tracks with scenic Hudson Valley-like background.
Features: "New York Giant" (Metro-North's Commuter Empire), photo contest winners, vintage Erie diesels, On Location: CSX's Corbin Division, North Western diesel odyssey.
Ships securely in a bubble mailer with tracking.
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