Extra Board
Welcome to Passenger Train Journal’s Extra Board! Enjoy previews and features from the pages of our magazine.
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.
January 15, 2025
Night Trains Along the Wasatch Front
The busy light rail and commuter rail lines that radiate out of Salt Lake City make for interesting studies in urban transportation after dark.
January 15, 2025
An Idaho Yankee in the Kingdom of Siam
Taking in the steam and diesel action on the State Railway of Thailand in 1969 while on assignment for the Army.
November 18, 2024
Caltrain Goes All-Electric
Big changes in the Bay Area as Caltrain inaugurates electric service along the historic commuter corridor between San Francisco and San Jose.
November 18, 2024
Leader of the Pack
The self-propelled Rail Diesel Car introduced by Budd in 1949 and launched a revolution in postwar passenger service has been preserved.
November 18, 2024
Amtrak’s Doomed Trains
A half-century-old experience provides lessons for the future as we look back at Amtrak routes that were cut in 1973 for appearances’ sake.
June 15, 2024
Metroliner: The Train Service That Did It
The Penn Central Metroliner of the 1960s was a success because its riders, employees, and others supporting the service, made it so.
January 15, 2024
Harley’s Hornet: Amtrak in West Virginia
The politics and legacy of Amtrak’s “Potomac Special” and its kin serving West Virginia and the constituents of Sen. Harley O. Staggers.
