The magazine's original title was theWestern Railroad Gazette, and it was renamed theRailroad Gazette in 1870. In June 1908, after purchasing its chief rival,The Railway Age (founded in 1876 in Chicago), it changed its title toRailroad Age Gazette, then in January 1910, toRailway Age Gazette. In 1918, it shortened its name to the current title.[1]
Railway Review (originally theChicago Railway Review) was merged intoRailway Age in 1927.[1]
Publications that have been merged intoRailway Age includeAmerican Railroad Journal, founded in 1832, renamedThe Railroad and Engineering Journal in 1887 by its then-new owner/editor,Matthias N. Forney. It becameAmerican Engineer & Railroad Journal in 1883, thenRailway Age Gazette, Mechanical Edition in June 1913 after its acquisition by Simmons-Boardman Publishing. It was renamedRailway Mechanical Engineer in 1916, and thenRailway Locomotives & Cars. It was finally folded intoRailway Age in 1975.[1]
In 1992,Railway Age acquired a competing trade publication,Modern Railroads[2] (ISSN0736-2064).
Railway Age presents theShort Line Railroad of the Year, an annual award presented toNorth Americanshort line (Class III) railroads, and theRegional Railroad of the Year, an annual award presented to North Americanregional railroads.[3]
Past recipients of the Short Line Railroad of the Year award include:
