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It brings to me visions of those years when trains ran only by day, and then of the early sleeping cars with hard wooden bunks, then the original No. 9 by George M. Pullman, and the ornate "palace" creations which rode the rails at the turn of the century. Overshadowing even all these reasons why I like to ride trains is the simple fact that I like railroads, and there's no place like a train for observing the railroad. Features BEGINNING WITH THIS ISSUE, we mark the approach of the 1,000th issue of Trains Magazine in 2024 by reprinting a key article from each series of roughly 100 issues. [Extracted from the article]

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of riding the Western Maryland and Chesapeake-Ohio Railroad train through wild land of dangerous gorges and curves.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the remarks on President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia in the July 28, 1961 issue, the Nisei relocation plan, and the fallout shelters in the August 4, 1961 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles published in previous issues including "We Need Eisenhower," published in the May 3, 1952 issue and the cover of May 3, 1952 issue of the journal.