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Trains
U.S. railroad trade and enthusiast magazine (non-political)
Trains is a railroad magazine and website owned by Firecrown Media. It covers the freight and passenger rail industry, rail history and the hobby, and it has no partisan orientation. It reports on Trump administration actions only where they affect railroads, such as Amtrak funding, tariffs, safety rules and rail mergers, and it does so in a mostly neutral, industry-focused way.
Owned byFirecrown Media, a U.S. publisher of transportation and hobby brands. It bought Trains from Kalmbach Media in May 2024. Kalmbach was dissolved in November 2024, with Firecrown as its successor.
LeaningU.S. railroad trade and enthusiast magazine (non-political)
On the administrationmostly neutral
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun