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SECOND QUARTER 2026: In this issue’s cover story, Justin Franz celebrates the 90th anniversary of the PCC streetcar’s debut with a profile of the streamlined classics that are still serving U.S. transit systems in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and beyond. Elsewhere in this issue, PTJ founder and Senior Editor Kevin McKinney updates readers on North Carolina’s passenger-rail programs in conversation with NCDOT’s Jason Orthner; Joseph P. Schwieterman recalls his travels on Amtrak’s early patchwork of routes to and through Indiana; and Editor Kevin J. Holland looks back at VIA’s 1976 origins as a Canadian National subsidiary. All this and more in the Second Quarter 2026 issue of Passenger Train Journal.

Current Issue

Vol. 60, No. 1 (2026-1)
Issue No. 306

Features:

Journal Spotlight —

• Despite challenges, Amtrak FY2025 ridership increases
• AmeriStarRail makes news with proposals
• Mexican passenger project begins near U.S. border

VIA to Hudson Bay

Taking the train to a northern outpost. — by Russell T. Sharp

Arrow III Twilight

NJTransit workhorses approach the end of the line. — by John Levai

From Jacks Narrows to The Reveler

Tales of a well-traveled Pennsylvania Railroad observation car. — by Jonathan J. Boyle, Sr.

The Potatoland Special and other favorites

Bangor & Aroostook’s North Woods passenger trains.  — by Thornton Waite

The Amtrak Diaries, Part 16 

Jonesy’s Big Adventure continues with a move to California. — by Mark W. Jones

Departments

On the Point/Editorial by Kevin J. Holland

The Journal/News compiled by Kevin McKinney

North American Intercity/Kevin McKinney

Window on the World/Kevin McKinney

Rail Users’ Network/Richard Rudolph, PhD, Rail Users’ Network

Capitol Unlimited/Jim Mathews, Rail Passengers Association

Rush Hour/Kevin McKinney and Scott Ornstein

Transport Action Canada/Terence Johnson, Transport Action Canada

Mail, Express, and L.C.L./letters from our readers

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