Extra Board
Welcome to Passenger Train Journal’s Extra Board! Enjoy previews and features from the pages of our magazine.
November 19, 2025
Metra: Chicagoland’s Commuter Service
Inherited from a variety of legacy railroads, Metra operates eleven vital routes that keep Chicago commuters moving.
November 19, 2025
My Most Memorable Christmas Eve
How Burlington Northern and Amtrak crews came together to get stranded passengers home in time for Christmas.
November 19, 2025
Chicago’s Big Six: Recalling the Windy City’s major passenger terminals
The life and times of Chicago’s six major intercity passenger terminals that once connected the Windy City with the nation.
August 15, 2025
Amtrak NextGen Acela: Full Speed Ahead
It’s been a long wait, but Amtrak’s new high-speed NextGen Acela trains are poised to enter Northeast Corridor service.
August 15, 2025
Ike and Mamie on the Santa Fe
The Eisenhowers’ post-presidential travels usually included travel aboard their favorite railroad; the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
August 15, 2025
Tennessee Central: Passenger Trains on ‘The Road of Personal Service’
Passenger trains on “The Road of Personal Service” included locals and through trains serving the region in Kentucky and Tennessee.
May 12, 2025
50 Years of Amfleet
Budd’s stainless-steel stalwarts mark a half-century of successful service on Amtrak trains from coast to coast.
May 12, 2025
Olympian Hiawatha Memories
Recalling Milwaukee Road’s eclectic Pacific Northwest streamliner, and the struggles it faced against postwar competition.
May 11, 2025
Union Pacific’s “City of Las Vegas”
The history of the short-lived gamblers’ special operated by Union Pacific linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
January 15, 2025
The Canadian at 70
VIA Rail celebrates 70 years of “The Canadian,” a classic coast-to-coast streamliner that first debuted on Canadian Pacific in 1955.
