Features:

Gotham News Round-up • by Joe Calisi — New York City is in the news these days in the realm of rail passenger service. We provide readers with a slice of the current problems and perils of passenger railroading in the Big Apple.

The Joliet Rocket • by Marc Glucksman with Mike Schafer — Nickel Plate Road steam returns to Chicago’s La Salle Street Station for the first time in close to 60 years.

Three Tickets to Pittsburgh • by Bennett Levin — How to win friends and influence state representatives.

The South Wind • by John Kilbride — The Pennsylvania Railroad’s oddball train that went north and south instead of east and west.

Asian Insights • by Kevin J. Holland — How rail transit keeps people moving in Hong Kong and Nagasaki.

My Life at Amtrak–Part 2 • by Ira Silverman — A teamlike atmosphere fosters the growth of new ideas and projects—such as Auto Train—at a young Amtrak.

Expanding Passenger Rail in the Pine Tree State • by Run/Richard Rudolph — Rail Users’ Network shares with readers upcoming projects for improved intercity, regional, and commuter services, in this issue focusing on southern Maine.

Departments:

Capitol Unlimited • by Jim Matthews, NARP President & CEO

LeisureRail • by Ted & Sylvia Blishak

Mail, Express and L.C.L.

North American Intercity • by Karl Zimmerman

On the Point • by Mike Schafer

Rail Users Network • by Richard Rudolph, Ph.D, Chairman, Rail User’s Network

Rush Hour • by Kevin McKinney with Joseph M. Calisi

The Journal • by George Fletcher

Window on the World • by Kevin McKinney