White River Productions ptj20252 - Passenger Train Journal Second Quarter 2025 -

Features:

Journal Spotlight  —

• Amtrak’s winter nightmare
 • Amtrak On-Time Performance FY2024
 • In Canada, VIA-HFR becomes ALTO
 • Rocky Mountaineer rebrands as “Canyon Spirit” in U.S.

50 Years of Amfleet  • by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon — Budd’s stainless-steel stalwarts mark a half-century of service. 

UP’s City of Las Vegas • by Thornton Waite — The short-lived gamblers’ special linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles. 

Olympian Hiawatha Memories  • by Bill Anderson — Recalling Milwaukee Road’s eclectic Pacific Northwest streamliner. 

Tokyo’s Yamanote Line Centennial  • by Kevin J. Holland — The vital transit artery that keeps the world’s biggest city moving. 

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

Departments:

On the Point

The Journal

North American Intercity • Transportation without subsidies?

Window on the World • France looks at night-train expansion.

Transport Action Canada • Alberta’s passenger rail plans.

Rail Users Network • Massachusetts’ Northern Tier Rail Project.

Capitol Unlimited • Don’t get it twisted, Elon.

Rush Hour 

Mail, Express and L.C.L.