''Passenger Train Journal'' ''(PTJ)'' is an American magazine about passenger

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and

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past and present, oriented for

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s and rail passenger advocates and published currently by

White River Productions White River Productions is an independent publishing company that specializes in books and magazines targeted to railroad enthusiasts and historians. Kevin EuDaly founded the company in 1992 to published the book ''Missouri Pacific Diesel Power, ...

. Founded in 1968, it was published continuously until 1996, and monthly from 1979 onward, but then ceased publication. After a 10-year absence, the title was revived in 2006 by a different publishing company, as a quarterly magazine. ''PTJ'' deals exclusively with passenger rail, not

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. Although focused on

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, each issue includes at least a small amount of content on overseas—usually European—passenger rail. The magazine is headquartered in Bucklin, Missouri.

History

''Passenger Train Journal'' was founded in 1968 by Kevin McKinney,McKinney, Kevin. "On the Point", p. 2. ''Passenger Train Journal'', issue 229 (4th Quarter, 2006). White River Productions. who established the PTJ Publishing Company for the purpose. The magazine originally was issued quarterly, becoming bimonthly in fall 1975 and monthly starting in March 1979. McKinney remained its publisher and owner until selling the magazine to

Interurban Press Interurban Press was a small, privately owned American publishing company, specializing in books about streetcars, other forms of rail transit and railroads in North America, from 1943MacDougall, Kent (May 19, 1983). "Books Ring Bell With Devotees ...

in 1987. Publication continued under Interurban Press, and as of 1992 ''PTJs circulation was about 10,000. In 1993, Interurban Press was acquired by

Pentrex Pentrex Media Group, LLC, is an American producer and seller of railfan-related videos and DVDs. It was founded in 1984 and was originally headquartered in Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California.

,Ryll, Thomas (November 29, 1994). "Felida man tracks light rail" (profile of retired Interurban Press owner Mac Sebree). ''

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'', p. A3. which continued publishing ''PTJ'' until abruptly "suspending" publication at the end of 1996. Pentrex never revived the magazine, and indeed in 1999 ceased publishing all of its other magazines as well.Magazine Subscriber Information
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. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

White River Productions era

In 2006, ''Passenger Train Journal'' was resurrected by Kevin EuDaly of

, as a quarterly magazine. Appointed to the position of

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was

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, who had been one of the magazine's past editors, from 1983 until 1990. The first issue published by White River Productions was No. 229, Fourth Quarter 2006. For the first ten years after the magazine's relaunching, each issue had 48 pages, but the page count was increased to 64 pages per issue with the first issue of 2017, and to 76 pages with the first issue of 2022. Kevin J. Holland succeeded Mike Schafer as ''PTJ'' editor in April 2022, effective with issue 292, Third Quarter 2022. Holland had been on the magazine's editorial and design staff since its 2006 revival, serving for most of that time as Senior Editor.

References

External links

Official website
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History

White River Productions era

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