Who Shot the Passenger Train? Special Issue: April 1959

One of the all-time favorite issues of Trains, the April 1959 edition with its inclusive report about the demise of privately run passenger trains across America, is back as a PDF package. Join Editor David P. Morgan for an in-depth look at why passenger trains failed in the post-World War II era. Here’s the line-up of articles from the April 1959 issue offered in this TRAINS Express PDF package:


- “Who Shot the Passenger Train” Cover, Pages 14-15

- “Here’s What Went Wrong” Pages 16-33

- “Here’s What Can Be Done” Pages 34-35, 40-42, 44, 48-51

- “New Train Concept” Pages 36-39

- “Expenses and Revenues” Page 43

- “Stations, Old and New” Pages 45-47


(40 pages, 5.4 MB)