''Railway Age'' is an American

trade magazine A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for t ...

for the

rail transport Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

industry. It was founded in 1856 in

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(the United States' major railroad hub) and is published monthly by

Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Simmons-Boardman Publishing is an American publisher, specializing in industry publications. It is headquartered in New York City, New York, and has offices in Chicago, Omaha, and Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The company was created from a merger of '' ...

History

The magazine's original title was the ''Western Railroad Gazette,'' and was renamed the ''

Railroad Gazette ''Railroad Gazette'' was a trade journal first published in April 1856 that focused on railroad, transportation and engineering topics. Master mechanics read and used the publication to share information about railway matters with one another ...

'' in 1870. In June 1908, after purchasing its chief rival, ''The Railway Age'' (founded in 1876 in Chicago), it changed its title to ''Railroad Age Gazette'', then in January 1910, to ''Railway Age Gazette''. In 1918 it shortened its name to the current title. ''Railway Review'' (originally the ''Chicago Railway Review'') was merged into ''Railway Age'' in 1927. Publications that have been merged into ''Railway Age'' include ''American Railroad Journal'', founded 1832, renamed ''The Railroad and Engineering Journal'' in 1887 by its then new owner/editor,

Matthias N. Forney Matthias Nace Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. He is most well known for the design of the Forney locomotive, Forney type locomotive. Locomotives that he designed served the ...

. It became ''American Engineer & Railroad Journal'' in 1883, then ''Railway Age Gazette, Mechanical Edition'' in June 1913 after its acquisition by Simmons-Boardman Publishing. It was renamed ''Railway Mechanical Engineer'' in 1916, and then ''Railway Locomotives & Cars''. It was finally folded into ''Railway Age'' in 1975. In 1992, ''Railway Age'' acquired a competing trade publication, ''Modern Railroads'' ().

Awards

''Railway Age'' presents the Short Line Railroad of the Year, an annual award presented to

North American North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the ...

short line ( Class III) railroads, and the Regional Railroad of the Year, an annual award presented to North American regional railroads.

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