Pacific RailNews

Pacific RailNews
Cover of December 1986 issue
CategoriesRail transport
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation10,000 (1992)
First issueSeptember 1961 (as Pacific News)
Final issue
Number
August 1999
No. 429
Company
CountryUnited States
ISSN8750-8486

Pacific RailNews (PRN), originally named Pacific News and later RailNews, was an American monthly magazine about railroads and rail transit, oriented for railfans. It was published from 1961 until 1999. Although its coverage primarily concerned the western United States and western Canada, the magazine included less-detailed news on railroads and rail-transit from non-western states, as well as Mexico.