Passenger Train Journal

07/07/2025

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05/30/2025

NJ TRANSIT new multi-level electric multiple unit cars are testing in Pueblo.

05/19/2025

NJ TRANSIT commuter rail service will resume Tuesday, May 20.

NJ TRANSIT & the BLET have announced a tentative agreement.

NJ TRANSIT train service will resume on Tuesday, May 20, as it takes approximately 24 hours to inspect and prepare the infrastructure before returning to full scheduled service.

Details at njtransit.com/restart

05/18/2025

Your webmaster visiting the famed Burlington Racetrack at Hinsdale, Ill., catching some afternoon Metra action.

05/16/2025

Riding in Amcoach 25000 this morning, the class leader of 150 Amfleet II cars built between 1980 and 1983, and the last passenger cars built by Budd. -omv

05/16/2025

Your webmaster riding Amtrak Lake Shore Limited Tr 49/449 overnight from Rochester, NY, to Chicago Union Station.

05/16/2025

It appears NJ TRANSIT engineers will be going on strike Friday, crippling the nation's third-largest commuter rail system.

Due to a potential rail stoppage, NJ TRANSIT strongly advises all train customers to complete their travels and arrive at their final destination no later than 11:59 PM tonight. Details at https://bit.ly/43xJa2s

05/13/2025

SECOND QUARTER 2025: This issue highlights the 50th anniversary of Amfleet. Still going strong today, these robust Budd stainless-steel cars were Amtrak’s first brand-new locomotive-hauled equipment, and authors David C. Warner and Elbert Simon examine the many changes to the fleet over its half-century of service. Elsewhere in this issue, you’ll find news and features covering rail passenger service in the U.S. and overseas, ranging from Union Pacific’s 1950s City of Las Vegas and the economics that doomed Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha, to Editor Kevin J. Holland’s salute to Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, the vital transit artery that keeps the world’s largest metropolis moving. All this, plus insightful columns, the Journal and Rush Hour news digests, great photography, and more in the Second Quarter 2025 issue of Passenger Train Journal.

04/24/2025

Special celebration for the 70th Anniversary of VIA Rail Canada's Canadian in Toronto!

04/21/2025

VIA Rail Canada is celebrating 120 years of The Ocean and 70 years of The Canadian this year!

03/31/2025

Now you have 365 days to shoot your best shots for Railroads Illustrated Annual! Starting March 20, 2025, and ending March 19, 2026, plan your own seasonal railfan getaway, or find some trackside time on your family vacation. You may submit up to three images per season within our deadlines. Each season deadline will be one week after the close of spring, summer, fall, and winter. Details in the linked story in the comments below...
—Nick Suydam photo

03/26/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Amtrak is pulling all Horizon cars from service after a routine inspection this week revealed corrosion in several cars. The decision to park the cars will have a major impact on regional services across the country that rely on the equipment. Full story below...

The decision to park the cars will have a major impact on regional services across the country that rely on the equipment.