Passenger Train Journal Second Quarter 2026

Features: Journal Spotlight — • Amtrak unveils first Airo Cascades trainset • Amtrak FY2025 On-Time Performance • Winter Storm Fern disrupts Amtrak and commuter operations • AmeriStarRail’s long-distance passenger-car design proposals • South Shore Line’s Monon Corridor opens PCCs in the 2020s Celebrating the 90th anniversary of this streamlined streetcar design. — by Justin Franz VIA’s Origin Story Fifty years ago, CN’s passenger trains went blue and yellow. — by Kevin J. Holland NC By Train In conversation with North Carolina DOT’s Jason Orthner. — by Kevin McKinney Playing “Route Roulette” in Indiana Trials and tribulations of Amtrak service in the Hoosier State. — by Joseph P. Schwieterman The Amtrak Diaries, Part 17 Jonesy’s Big Adventure continues as he joins the “Over the Hill Club.”— by Mark W. Jones Departments: On the Point The Journal North American Intercity — A Marketing Slogan Revisited. Window on the World — Germany’s DB Long-Distance Improvements. Capitol Unlimited — Amtrak’s Pivot on Superliner Replacements. Rail Users Network — Restoring Baton Rouge–New Orleans service. Transport Action Canada — Toronto’s Tale of Two Tramways. Rush Hour Mail, Express and L.C.L.