PASSENGER TRAIN JOURNAL 4th Qtr 2016, UP's BUTTE Special, NIAGARA FALLS -- (NEW)

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Passenger Train Journal
The premier publication in the world covering the
Rail Passenger Experience
in North America and abroad.
Each issue contains in-depth articles covering the history of passenger trains and current world-wide news.
This is a NEW (unopened) PUBLICATION – Not a used magazine.
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Passenger Train Journal
is the source for Passenger train information, be it historical or topical.
Issue:
2016 – 4, Issue 269
In This Issue:
Amtrak’s New Niagara Falls Station
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by Devan Lawton
— Niagara Falls, N.Y., unveils its brand-new Amtrak station, which shares its location with a Civil War-era Customs House.
Amtrak Chooses Alstom’s Avelia Liberty
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by Elbert Simon
— The next generation of high-speed trainsets that will replace today’s Acela rolling stock will be from Alstom’s catalog.
Amtrak’s 2016 Circle Tour Inspection Train
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by Marc Glucksman
— Outgoing Amtrak President Joseph Boardman leaves office on a high note with a meet-the-press tour of the Midwest and West.
Anniversaries
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by Karl R. Zimmermann
— A review of national parks and their lodges served by railroads past and present, plus two anniversaries of note for the author.
Springfield Union Station
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by Ellis B. Simon
— For decades largely moribund, Springfield Union Station is slated to be a phoenix for the downtown of this Massachusetts city.
Union Pacific’s Butte Special
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by Thornton Waite
— Overshadowed by its more famous sister trains, Union Pacific’s Butte Special provided yeoman service to three prominent Western cities.
Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express
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by Scott Ornstein
— This New York City-to-Vermont run celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2016.
Departments:
Capitol Unlimited
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by Jim Matthews, NARP President & CEO
LeisureRail
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by Ted & Sylvia Blishak
Mail, Express and L.C.L.
North American Intercity
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by Karl Zimmerman
On the Point
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by Mike Schafer
Rush Hour
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by Kevin McKinney with Joseph M. Calisi
The Journal
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by George Fletcher
Window on the World
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by Kevin McKinney
Full size 8.5x11 magazine with 48 all-color pages, numerous b&w and color photos, maps, charts.
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