Trains Magazine (1940-today)At a chaotic time in history — World War II, atomic bombs, the birth of the Cold War — founder Al Kalmbach published the first issue of Trains Magazine. In the transportation industry, passenger trains were the popular choice for long-distance travel — and steam locomotives ruled the rails. Highlights include a section with a 1,000 theme, with articles on …A bridge in Germany that sees more than 1,000 trains a day. The race to build the first 1,000-horsepower diesel locomotives. Union Pacific’s historic order for 1,000 SD70M diesel locomotives in the late 1990s was a $2 billion investment.