FOURTH QUARTER 2025: This issue presents a trio of features focused on passenger railroading in Chicago. Senior Editor Kevin McKinney looks at the history and current status of the city’s six major passenger terminals, and then turns his attention to Metra, the rail commuter service that keeps Chicago moving over 11 busy routes. “Trailblazer” contributor Russell T. Sharp recounts a wintry day exploring the city using Metra trains and a convenient day pass. Also, David Baer looks at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad operations through the lens of its evolving steam and diesel locomotive fleet, and Thomas White recalls how he and his Burlington Northern colleagues worked to save Christmas for a group of stranded Amtrak Empire Builder passengers in 1982. All this and more in the Fourth Quarer 2025 issue of Passenger Train Journal..