White River Productions PTJ2026-2 - Passenger Train Journal Second Quarter 2026 -

Features:

Journal Spotlight —  

• Amtrak unveils first Airo Cascades trainset
• Amtrak FY2025 On-Time Performance
• Winter Storm Fern disrupts Amtrak and commuter operations
• AmeriStarRail’s long-distance passenger-car design proposals
• South Shore Line’s Monon Corridor opens

PCCs in the 2020s
Celebrating the 90th anniversary of this streamlined streetcar design. — by Justin Franz

VIA’s Origin Story
Fifty years ago, CN’s passenger trains went blue and yellow. — by Kevin J. Holland

NC By Train
In conversation with North Carolina DOT’s Jason Orthner.  — by Kevin McKinney

Playing “Route Roulette” in Indiana
Trials and tribulations of Amtrak service in the Hoosier State. — by Joseph P. Schwieterman

The Amtrak Diaries, Part 17
Jonesy’s Big Adventure continues as he joins the “Over the Hill Club.”— by Mark W. Jones

Departments:

On the Point

The Journal

North American Intercity — A Marketing Slogan Revisited.

Window on the World — Germany’s DB Long-Distance Improvements.

Capitol Unlimited — Amtrak’s Pivot on Superliner Replacements.

Rail Users Network — Restoring Baton Rouge–New Orleans service.

Transport Action Canada — Toronto’s Tale of Two Tramways.

Rush Hour 

Mail, Express and L.C.L.