Volume 30, No 1 Issue#129

• PV NEWS and photos cover a number of events that highlight the trips of: Super Dome, Cedar Rapids, Mohave, Golden Sands, Nenana, Caritas, Georgia 300, Northern Sky, Northern Dreams, Evelyn Henry, Warren R. Henry, the Wisconsin, MKT 403, Tioga Pass, Silver Splendor, Overland Trail, and Pony Express
• Out and About features the T&P No. 1, Silver Solarium, Silver Rapids and Palm Leaf OS Mendota features the Scottish Thistle
• 2010 Convention Itinerary and information
• PV FEATURES: Big Easy Weekend on the Dover Harbor, a nine-page article with photos about the April 2010 trip to New Orleans for the Jazz Fest. Author Tom Coughlin describes the weekend in great detail including local sights, restaurant and jazz club reviews.
• Prairie Explorers: Follow the progress of the Cimarron River, Swift Stream and the Caritas through Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas in a rare-mileage extravaganza.
• PV ShopTALK:
• Gateway Rail Services update with news of the City of Angels, Swift Stream, and Boulder Stream. Santa Fe No. 56 and the Algoma Central Railway's 14 (former Ski Train) cars.
• Lancaster & Chester Railway highlights continuing work on C&O 1510, Cannon Ball, Hollywood Beach, Berlin and Sunbeam.

Volume 29, No 4 Issue #128

• Expanded PV NEWS and photos cover a number of events that highlight the trips of: Colorado Pine, NYC 3 Portland, Creative Charters, California Zephyr Railcar Charters, Hickory Creek, The Cincinnati Railway Company and the Virginia City. OS Mendota features the Scottish Thistle and the Promontory Point, and Out and About features the ATSF 56 and the Chapel Hill.
• Travel Planner highlights upcoming PV trips and events run by AAPRCO members.
• PV FEATURES:
• Our exclusive 17-page coverage of the 32nd Annual AAPRCO Convention for 2009 features the James L. Larson Florida Special. The story of this memorable trip, including rare mileage, is accompanied by lots of great photos and informative captions.
• PVShopTalk photos and information about AAPRCO Trade Member shops work on PVs. LANCASTER & CHESTER RAILWAY's continuing work on the Dearing, the C&O 1510, Wisconsin, Clinchfield 100, Chesapeake & Ohio 1510, Berlin, Golden Tower, Cannon Ball, J. Pinckney Henderson, Golden Tower and the Hollywood Beach. AVALON RAIL is now updating VIA Rail's vintage passenger fleet of stainless Budd cars for transcontinental service in Canada.

Volume 29, No. 3 Issue #127

• Expanded PV NEWS and photos of: the Kansas City Southern's new Victoria Line; the California Zephyr Railcar Charter cars; Dover Harbor; Colorado Pine; Federal, Tioga Pass; the Creative Charter cars; the Silver Iris Puget Sound, Royal Street, Scottish Thistle, Cimarron River and the Sierra Hotel all out and about traveling the rails; Read how to take advantage of "Re-Positioning Moves on a Budget" Ellen and John Thompson story of traveling aboard the Warren R. Henry and the Evelyn Henry from Los Angeles to Chicago and aboard the Rail Ventures' car Bella Vista from Seattle to Oakland.; Think about having your family reunion aboard a private car as the Springer Family did aboard the Vista Canyon. John Mickey of L&C Railway writes how the J. Pinckney Henderson was the security escort car for the British Army Training Unit—Suffield from Washington, D.C. to Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada to Montreal, Quebec.;
• PV FEATURES: Original Varnish: "Edna and her Sisters" A great little story with wonderful photos of how two narrow-gauge parlor cars Chama, Durango, and the Edna ended up in service on the Knotts Berry Farm California theme park.
• "Extra 4449" Enjoy reading about AAPRCO member cars join up behind SP GS-4 Northern No. 4449 on her trek from the Rockies to her eventual destination of Train Festival 2009. There are some stunning photos!
• PV ShopTALK: Avalon Rail's Open House and their continuing work on Badger No. 2 Fish Car; Lancaster & Chester Railway's renovation and restoration work on the Wisconsin and the Dearing.

Volume 29, No. 2 Issue #126

• Expanded PV NEWS and photos! Scottish Thistle; Moonlight Dome; OS Mendota: Caritas, Cimarron River, Mendota Railroad Museum, Diablo Canyon, Promontory Point; North Coast Rail goes to the 2009 Kentucky Derby; the Mohave guests head enjoy the Galesburg Railroad Days and Hannibal historic attractions; LARail.com's Tioga Pass and Pacific Sands travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico's Balloon Fiesta, and the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad with a tour of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Going My Way: Trains, Planes, and Holy Water is a tribute to newly ordained Father Doug Ebert.
• PV FEATURES: The Best Little Restaurant Show Train from Texas features the biggest show of its kind in the States. PVs on the train included the Patron Tequila Express, Vista Canyon, Warren R. Henry, Evelyn Henry, Milwaukee Road baggage car No. 2450, Super Dome and Cedar Rapids.
• Amtrak's National Train Day on May 9. Participating in Washington D.C. was the Georgia 300 and Dover Harbor. The Royal Street, Pacific Union, Southern Hospitality and the San Marino were in New Orleans. In Chicago, visitors toured the Warren R. Henry and the Evelyn Henry while in Los Angeles guests enjoyed the Overland Trail, Scottish Thistle and the Patron Tequila Express.
• PV ShopTALK: Lancaster & Chester Railway Company: Work continues on the Dearing and Wisconsin for participation in the upcoming 2009 Convention train to Savannah, Georgia, and on the James L. Larson Special to Florida in November. Historic Sunbeam is an ongoing project that keeps looking spiffier all the time; Gateway Rail Services is upgrading the Swift Stream, including new window glazing throughout the car.
• PV MARKET: Classifieds/Trade Members
  

Volume 29, No. 1 Issue #125

• PV NEWS and photos: Pony Express; Warren R. Henry, Evelyn Henry; Vista Canyon; The Santa Clara Valley (California) Model T Ford Club invited and Mid Peninsula Old Time Auto Club Mystery Tour provides photo opportunity for 19 antique autos with the Virginia City, Yosemite Falls, and the Cascade Nights at the Port of Redwood City; the Tiogo Pass travels over Donner Pass; Southern Hospitality, Royal Street, Golden Sand and Metis were on the rails; Member photos of the Mid-term AAPRCO meeting as well as the 2009 Convention Committee; Travel Planner; Membership News; Rest in Peace: MR. Albert Ray Connors, owner of the Silver Spring.
• PV FEATURES: AAPRCO's Railroad Industry Reception in Washington D.C.
• On the Trail with Conductor Bill featuring: Overland Trail with car diagrams as well as highlighting their Pearl Harbor Day Troop Train.
• Original Varnish: Pullman Sleeping Car Equipment by Rudy Morgenfruh
• PVTECH: A Cheap and Easy Railroad Car Speedometer by Brad Orfall
• PV ShopTALK: Lancaster & Chester Railway Company: get a new 30-ton crane. Work on the Wisconsin trucks, and Silver Gladiola gets new interior paint as well as newly covered furnishings; Louis Edmonds and Mike Kelly work on rebuilding the Sherry Lynette Brannon trucks.
• PV MARKET: Classifieds/Trade Members

Volume 28, No. 4 Issue #124

• "Rails to Sails" AAPRCO Convention 2008

Volume 28, No. 3 Issue #123

• PV News
• Requiescat in Pace: Mr. James L. Larson, Ms. Barbara Louise Sibert
• 4 Questions for More Charters
• PV Tech: Amtrak's Move Request Form
• Original Varnish: Pullman's private cars - The EXPLORER Series
• The Greenwich Cars
• PV Shop Talk

Volume 28, No. 2 Issue #122

• AAPRCO Convention 2008
• Milwaukee Road # 261 Meets John Dillinger
• Final Four via San Antonio Special
• Kentucky Derby Special
• National Restaurant Association Special
• Donnelly Special in Chicago
• AAPRCO's 18th Annual Railroad Industry Reception in Washington, D.C.
• Arizona Odyssey
• Destination Down East
• Original Varnish - Deagan Dinner Chimes
• PV Tech
• Shop Talk

Volume 28, No. 1 Issue #121

• Badger Express Travels to the Outback Bowl at Tampa
• Cincinnati Railway Company New Year's Trip to New York City
• Patrick Henry's Holiday Special
• Vista Canyon's Month on Wheels
• Milwaukee Road # 261 Returns to Milwaukee
• Dakota Explorers
• Two Trips, Two Trains: The Susquehanna & The Endless Mountain Express
• Holiday Greetings à la PV
• Shop Talk
• PV Tech
• Cyrus K. Holliday in Colorado

Volume 27, No. 4 Issue #120

• PV News: Virginia City, Patron Tequila Express, Burrard, City of Spokane, Silver Lariat, Silver Rapids, Silver Solarium, Charter Club, St. James Place, Puget Sound, Dover Harbor, Louis Sockalexis, Mesa Verde, Cyrus K. Holliday, Northern Arrow, and Patrick Henry's PVs
• AAPRCO's 30th Anniversary Convention
• AAPRCO's 2008 Convention Special Train, The City of Omaha
• Original Varnish - The 1978 Special Train
• Shop Talk: Trans Texas Rail; Lancaster & Chester Railway Company

Volume 27, No. 3 Issue #119

• Kentucky Derby Train 2007
• PVs in Chicago
• Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
• Western PVs on the Move
• More About the Liberty Limited
• A final farewell to David Schumacher who passed away July 2, 2007. Dave was a long time AAPRCO member and was passionate about private rail cars, either by brokering them or just by riding them on a special move or to a convention. Dave loved preserving railroad history
• Louis Sockalexis
• It's All in a Name by James Dirks
• Cincinnati Southern Railway's Inspection Train

Volume 27, No. 2 Issue #118

• Another PV Adventure with PVs Sante Fe No. 3751, Pony Express, Overland Trail, Pacific Sands, and the Tioga Pass along the Alameda Corridor to Pacific Harbor Lines
• Western Private Cars on the Move were: GM&O No. 50, Pacific Sands, Pony Express and the Overland Trail
• High Water in West Virginia make rail travel interesting for Chapel Hill, Vista Dome and Birch Grove
• A Final Farwell to Philip Goldman, 1928-2007. He was AAPRCO's longest continuous PV owner with his ex-reading Railroad business Car No. 15, the Henry Huntington.
• AAPRCO's 17th Annual Railroad Industry Reception in Washington, DC
• The 2007 Royal Service Train with TRH Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, aboard PVs Pennsylvania and Warrior Ridge
• Original Varnish highlights the 1939 Royal Train; New Coaches for the Whistler Mountaineer: Industrial Rail Services' story of their complete refurbishing of two panoramic rail cars to Vancouver's Rocky Mountaineer Vacations.
• PV MARKET: Classifieds/Trade Members

Volume 27, No. 1 Issue #117

• Holidays on the Warren R. Henry, Evelyn Henry's Birthday
• Robert Nagel Sr. retires on a special trip aboard the Scottish Thistle
• Ex-ATSF Coach/Dorm purchased by the Pacific Railroad Society to be made Amtrak-certified
• Valentine's Day trip aboard the Pony Express from LAUS to San Diego
• The Pony Express and Tioga Pass get involved with the San Bernardino Railroad Historial Society Education's Outreach program
• A final farewell to Gordon Crosthwaite who died February 15, 2007. He was one of the founding fathers of AAPRCO and long-time owner of the private car La Condesa
• No Soldier, Sailor or Marine Left Behind - the Story of the 2006 Liberty Limited, A Call to Duty.
• A very special day in the life of the Dover Harbor as she does her bit for the 2006 Liberty Limited
• Original Varnish spotlights the Dover Harbor
• New Orleans is Calling: The tourist operation is alive and well and waiting to take care of you and your private car!
• PV MARKET: Classifieds/Trade Members

Volume 26, No.3, Issue #116

• Happy Birthday aboard the Caritas
• 90th Anniversary of freight service on the SouthShore
• A Navy Presentation to Amtrak's Jim Lewis, gang foreman from Amtrak's 14th Street Maintenance Facility in Chicago
• Home Sweet Home: From the Arizona Railway Museum to Trans Texas Rail in San Antonio
• Membership News
• Convention 2006 at Scranton, Pa., The 2006 Green Mountain Pocono Express and the Route of the Phoebe Snow

October 2006, Volume 26, No.1, Issue #115

• William A. Farmer
• The Apache Railway
• PVs and Railway Age
• Trains Unlimited Tours
• National Forum
• Bertini Zephyr
• On the Road Again
• Northern Arrow
• Original Varnish
• The Silver Queen

August 2006, Volume 26, No.1, Issue #114
The Kentucky Derby Trip
Original Varnish
Washington Reception
Passenger Rail Today PAC
Save the Taste Express
Arizona Easter Special
NYC No. 3 Cross Country Trip
The Luxury Train
Dove Harbor Trip
On the way to Santa Fe
Greenwich Harbor Trip

June 2006, Volume 25, No.5, Issue #113

AAPRCO Members Volunteer Their PVs for an Educational Outreach Program
The 21st Century Limited
San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad opens for passengers and Private Varnish
The Liberty Limited and all her heroes
Where it all began, Original Varnish.
Santa Fe 56

March 2006, Issue #CG 17

2006 Private Car Charter Guide

October 2005, Volume 25, No. 3, Issue #111

Liberty Limited to salute wounded U.S. troops.
A Northwest Appreciation of Varnish.
Patrick Henry's Summer Tour.
A Trip of a Lifetime: La Veta Pass.

July 2005, Volume 25, No.2, Issue #110

15th Annual Washington reception
Around Chicago with Ronald McDonald
Pullman's Private Cars
PV's and People: The Good Old Days.

2005 Issue #109

Northwest Passage - The Northern Parks Limited (2004 Convention report)
   John H. Kuehl 1938-2005

2005 Issue #108

2005 Private Car Charter Guide

2004 Issue #107 (Quantity available - 46)

2004 ISSUE 106

On the Road...with the Pointe St. Charles.
14th Annual Washington Reception.
Preserving and Restoring Today for Tomorrow and the Future.
(The Watauga Valley Chapter-NRHS)
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners. Part VI

2004 ISSUE 105

New Orleans! 26th Annual Convention
Roger William and Henry Hudson, originally alike; today so very different.
The AAPRCO 2003 Southern Belle

2004 ISSUE 104

2004 Private Car Charter Guide

2004 ISSUE 103 (Sold Out)

Rocky Mountain Ltd. 2003
Promontory Point. UP on the outside; railroad history on the inside.
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners.  Part V

2003 ISSUE 102

California Rail Tours' Plaza Santa Fe and Royal Gorge
Painting the Vanderbilt business car New York Central 3
AAPRCO's Silver Anniversary convention trains