Passenger Train Journal Magazine

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Coming 4th Quarter 2006

White River Productions is pleased to announce that Passenger Train Journal magazine is coming out of retirement. For ten years, Passenger Train Journal has been out of circulation—but certainly not forgotten. Its untimely and unexpected suspension in 1996 came as America was riding a new wave of developments in the rail passenger renaissance that dates from Amtrak's meager beginning on May 1, 1971. Longtime readers cried out, "What happened to PTJ and when will we get it back?!"
PTJ will be released as a quarterly 48 page all-color magazine in mid-autumn, 2006. Earlier this year, Missouri-based White River Productions set in motion the return of Passenger Train Journal. WRP President and PTJ Publisher Kevin EuDaly then appointed Mike Schafer—PTJ’s editor from 1983 to 1990—to again serve as the magazine's editor and art director. Joining Mike will be associate editor Kevin J. Holland, a well-recognized author and passenger-train historian who made his debut in PTJ in the late 1980s. Passenger Train Journal was originally founded in 1968 by Kevin McKinney, who will return as a member of the new PTJ editorial team. PTJ was highly respected in the industry and embraced by aficionados of rail travel when it went out of production. Already the PTJ's premier issue is being planned, written and assembled.
Much of the Passenger Train Journal will pick up where the popular PTJ of yore left off and will climb back aboard the wave of new rail passenger happenings in North America and abroad, review developments ranging from long-distance intercity trains, new commuter-rail operations, the trolley's triumph over freeway sprawl, and of course the classic trains of yesteryear. The new PTJ combines the best of the "old" magazine with new columns and contemporary coverage, in a color format with plenty of illustrations, including helpful maps. Columns and coverage will include:
• Passenger railroading in the Classic Era—covering all your favorite trains and service from the good 'ole days!
• North American Intercity (new): Covers Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada, Ontario Northland.
• Rush Hour (an old favorite): In-depth exploration of commuter rail, heavy rail (subway, surface, and elevated) and light-rail (trolley) in North America.
• Window on the World (formerly Window on Europe): What other countries are doing with the rail passenger mode.
• Trip Report (another old favorite): Readers provide interesting details about rail travel journeys.
• Targeting The Terminals (a major favorite of pre-1990 PTJ): In-depth coverage of rail passenger operations in major North American population centers, past and present, complete with our famous color-coded maps!
• The Journal (an old favorite): For easy reference, timeline-style documentation of rail-passenger-related events every quarter.
• The Corridor series returns! PTJ explores various North American rail passenger corridors, past, present, and future. First up, in the First Quarter 2007 PTJ: Chicago–St. Louis.
• Leisure Rail (new!): Featuring rail travel information for tourist- and vacation-oriented passenger operations: Adirondack Scenic Railroad, the American-Orient Express, the Rocky Mountaineer, and museums across the land that have preserved the rail travel experience with historic locomotives and cars.
These and other features will make the newly revamped PTJ the source for passenger train information, be it historical or topical. For the dedicated railfan — the wait is over, Passenger Train Journal is back!

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