Does anybody know if the Passenger Edition of the Official Railway Guide is still being published? I have contacted the current publisher of the Official Railway Guide to no avail. The most recent issues that I have come across are from early 1994. If publication has ceased, when was the last issue produced?
I do not believe the passenger guide is still published.
For awhile during the 70’s they had both the freight and passenger editions. I cannot tell you when they eliminated the passenger edition.
I collect old Guides and find them fascinating. Our world has definately changed over the last 50 years!
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I have been assuming that the Passenger Edition was not being published anymore. Im just trying to get an end date since I’m also a collector of Official Guides.
The Guides were fasinating reading during their day. As a kid I poured over them for hours…letting my imagination run wild all the while.
About 10 yrs ago, a Conrail engr friend of mine took a 1968 edition of the ORG and made a fiction travel trip by traveling all over the US,Mexico & Canada. He used Pullman berths whenever possible and traveled on as many rrs as what could be allowed. It covered six months! Even at that late date, there were still lots of trains still active. Even though it was a make believe trip, it was interesting to read.
According to the publisher’s web site (Commonwealth Business Media), the Passenger Edition is no longer available. More information on the “Official Railway Guide” (i.e. freight only) is available at:
http://www.CBizMedia.com/prodserv/products/?pub=ORG
A listing of all of the publisher’s titles (including the Official Railway Equipment Register) is available at:
http://www.CBizMedia.com/prodserv/prodcat/
I hope that this helps you out.
I’ve been to those sites and I assume that the Passenger Edition is no longer available. So when was the Passenger Edition discontinued?
The neat thing about looking at old Guides is to realize the routings and people movements that existed in the country. People took sleepers on some very short routes (Pittsburgh-Cleveland, Baltimore - NY, and others). These were no doubt convenient for business people who had a dinner in one city and needed to get to another by the next day. The sleeper was the substitute hotel. Today that would be a drive or commuter flight and a hotel.
I only have the freight editions for 79 & 82 [:o)][:p]
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Originally posted by ZephyrOverland
The latest passenger edition I have seen is 1983.I have a small collection of Guides running back as far as 1947.It is amazing how thick it is compared to issues from the late 60s.
The latest passenger edition I have is February 1994. I assume the publication was discontinued shortly after that.