White River Productions PTJ20251 - Passenger Train Journal First Quarter 2025 -

Features:

Journal Spotlight  —

 • Amtrak Ridership Reaches New High
 • Amtrak Inspector General Raises Equipment Concerns
 • VIA Moves Forward on New Long-Distance Equipment
 • Introducing Amtrak’s New Floridian

Trip Report: A Return to Europe  • by Kevin McKinney — France, Holland, Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland by rail and river.

The Canadian at 70 • by Kevin J. Holland — From Canadian Pacific to VIA, a look at Canada’s classic domeliner.

Night Trains Along the Wasatch Front • by Bill Anderson — The relevance of passenger trains in Salt Lake City and environs.

An Idaho Yankee in the Kingdom of Siam • by Bill Anderson — Passenger railroading in Thailand in 1969 and 1970.

The Amtrak Diaries, Part 12 • by Mark W. Jones — Jonesy’s Big Adventure continues.

Departments:

On the Point

The Journal

North American Intercity • Higher-Speed Rail and Other Thoughts.

Window on the World • Great British Rail Moves Forward.

Rail Users Network • Customs Pre-clearance and the Vermonter.

Capitol Unlimited • Is Rail Better Off Than It Was Four Years Ago?

Rush Hour 

Mail, Express and L.C.L.