White River Productions PTJ2024-02 - Passenger Train Journal Second Quarter 2024 -

Features:

Journal spotlight

• FRA identifies 15 preferred long-distance routes. 
• Mexico continues passenger train expansion. 

60 Years of Shinkansen • by Kevin J. Holland — In the world of high-speed rail, Japan is where it all began.

Metroliner - The Train Service That Did It • by Bill Anderson — The teething pains and sucesses of America's first high-speed trains.

The American High-Speed Landscape in 2024 • by Kevin Mckinney with Ken Patterson — A survey of current projectss and proposals.

Taking a Knife to a Gunfight • by Brooks A. Bentz — The myth and reality of passenger train economies.

Tren Maya in Person • by Ted Rafuse — A first-hand look at Mexico's new passenger service.

Trip Report: VIA's Venture Fleet • by Ira Silverman — Sampling VIA's new Corridor trains.

Departments:

On the Point

The Journal

North American Intercity — Restoring the all-weather mode?

Window on the World — Switzerland's alternative routes

Rail Users Network — Will Midwest-Florida rail service return?

Capitol Unlimited — Smart thinking about High-Speed Rail

Transport Action Canada — High Frequency Rail: faster, but when?

Rush Hour

Mail, Express, and L.C.L