After World War II, railroads geared up for a boom that didn't happen. What spelled doom for the great passenger trains?

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y., April 9.--The Erie Road opened a fast passenger train to Scranton via the Hawley and Wyoming Railroad to-day. The NewYork train, consisting of ten cars, passed here at 10 o'clock.

People who use passenger rail services in the Erie and northwestern Pennsylvania area are asking to be included in PennDOT’s ...