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FOURTH QUARTER 2024: This issue examines rail passenger service in its many forms, ranging from the transformational debut of fully electrified service on Caltrain’s San Francisco-area “commute” operation, and the evolution of rail transit service in Edmonton, Alta., to profiles of tourist-oriented trains in Canada and Argentina. All this, plus insightful columns, the Journal news digest, great photography, and more in the Fourth Quarter 2024 issue of Passenger Train Journal.

Current Issue

Vol. 48, No. 4 (2024-4)
Issue No. 301

Features:

Journal Spotlight

Staff — Flying Yankee has a new home.

Caltrain Goes All-Electric

by Kevin McKinney — Big changes in the Bay Area.

Rocky Mountaineer’s Early Years

by Steve Jessup — The infancy of a Canadian luxury train.

Leader of the Pack

by Kevin J. Holland — Budd’s very first Rail Diesel Car is a survivor at age 75.

Very Close Encounters in Patagonia

by Gene Harmon — A tumultuous 2023 narrow-gauge steam tour in southern Argentina.

Amtrak’s Doomed Trains

by Bill Anderson — A half-century-old experience provides lessons for the future.

Rail Transit in Edmonton

by Adeline Panamaroff — The ever-changing character of public transit in Alberta’s capital.

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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