Passenger Trains > What happened to Rail Travel News?

Why did it cease publication? Thanks for all answers.

See: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,3511721,3511721#msg-3511721

RTN quit a long time ago. I think there's one or two former staffers that are on T-O that could add to this.

http://host18.hrwebservices.net/~myjackp/index.html gives some insight. RailPAC merged its monthly newsletter into RTN. Don't know what became of the original publisher, Message Media in Berkeley.

Publications like RTN that ran primarily short news items, with limited photography and original content, were very vulnerable to replacement by Internet mailing lists and websites such as Trainorders.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/14 04:22 by ctillnc.

Years and years ago, I submitted an article to RTN which they published.

It was about the St.Louis-Chicago route entitled "A corridor in waiting". In it, I remember giving all the reasons why I felt this route would BOOM, if only the track, etc., would be upgraded; as the GM&O route went right through the heart of all the important cities in down-state Illinois.

I never kept a copy of it. Wish I had. Now that this route is actually being upgraded; I'd like to see how good a "profit" I may have been regarding ridership "booming" when all these improvements are finally completed.

Joe

floridajoe2001 Wrote:
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> Years and years ago, I submitted an article to RTN
> which they published.
>
> It was about the St.Louis-Chicago route entitled
> "A corridor in waiting". In it, I remember giving
> all the reasons why I felt this route would BOOM,
> if only the track, etc., would be upgraded; as the
> GM&O route went right through the heart of all the
> important cities in down-state Illinois.
>
> I never kept a copy of it. Wish I had. Now that
> this route is actually being upgraded; I'd like to
> see how good a "profit" I may have been regarding
> ridership "booming" when all these improvements
> are finally completed.

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If you remember the issue number (the cover dates were unreliable) I could see if I can find
it in my library of back magazine issues, scan it and put it where you can get it.

-GP

More info at http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/fred-frailey/archive/2011/05/05/the-wayback-machine-amtrak-in-1975.aspx