List of Back issues of Private Varnish available for purchase.
Last updated December 27, 2007

ORDER FORM for Issues 112 and UP  + Charter Guide 17.

ORDER FORM for Issues 100 to 111     ORDER FORM for Issues 4 to 99

Volume 27, No. 3 Issue #119 (Quantity available - TBD)

  • 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 (Quantity available - TBD)

  • 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 (Quantity available - TBD)

  • 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 (Quantity available - TBD)

  • 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 (Quantity available - TBD)

  • 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 (Quantity available - TBD)
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 (Quantity available - 21)

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 (Quantity available - 21)

2006 Private Car Charter Guide

October 2005, Volume 25, No. 3, Issue #111 (Quantity available - 159)

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 (Quantity available - 42)

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

2005 Issue #109 (Quantity available - 64)

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

 

2005 Issue #108 (Quantity available - 75)

2005 Private Car Charter Guide

2004 Issue #107 (Quantity available - 46)

On the Road ...Caritas: 20 Years as a PV.
The all-private car Buckeye Limited.
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners. Part VII

 

2004 ISSUE 106 (Quantity available - 70)

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 (Quantity available - 73)

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

2004 ISSUE 104 (Quantity available - 36)

2004 Private Car Charter Guide

2004 ISSUE 103 (Quantity available - 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 (Quantity available - 53)

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


THE REMAINING ISSUES ARE IN CRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


1985 Vol. 7, ISSUE #4 (Quantity available 88)

    Amtrak's Beech Grove School
    Pennsylvania 120
    McDonough: Trucks, Part I

1987 ISSUE 12 (Quantity available 100)

    Convention 1986 Wrap Up
    Erie 400
    Hand Brakes

1987 ISSUE 16 (Quantity available 49)

    Charter: Touch of Elegance
    Air Brake Cylinders, Part II

1987 ISSUE 17 (Quantity available - sold out)

    AAPRCO's 1987 10th Anniversary
    1987 Pittsburgh Convention
    Chapel Hill

1988 ISSUE 18 (Quantity available 43)

    10th Anniv. Convention Wrap Up
    Cannon Ball
    Slack Adjusters, Part I

1988 ISSUE 19 (Quantity available 99)

    Amtrak's Funding Process
    Westours' new Scenadomes
    Slack Adjusters, Part I

1988 ISSUE 20 (Quantity available 12)

    Silver Solarium
    What's in the 27-point Connector?

1988 ISSUE 21 (Quantity available 77)

    San Marino
    Connecting Head-end Power
    27-point trainline: listening in

1988 ISSUE 23 (Quantity available 121)

    Saint Lucie Sound
    Say, What is all that air doing...?

1989 ISSUE 24 (Quantity available 62)

    1988 St. Louis Convention
    Eaton

1989 ISSUE 25 (Quantity available 58)

    New Orleans Chapter-NRHS
    The PC2 Inspection

1989 ISSUE 26 (Quantity available 102)

    AAPRCO honors Amtrak's Ed Laird
    Let's Ride An All-Private Car Train
    Be Your Own Car Inspector

1989 ISSUE 27 (Quantity available 82)

    Two AAPRCO Regional Meets
    Be Your Own Car Inspector, Part II

1989 ISSUE 28 (Quantity available 106)

    Midwest Region Report and Pictorial
    First F-Coupler Equipped Coaches

1989 ISSUE 29 (Quantity available 53)

    The American-European Express
    Single Car Test

1990 ISSUE 30 (Quantity available 97)

    1989 San Diego Convention

1990 ISSUE 31 (Quantity available 40)

    Convention '89 - One Last Look
    Operate Your PV in Dead of Winter?
    Universal Brake Valve System

1990 ISSUE 32 (Quantity available 18)

    1990 Private Car Charter Directory
    Thinking About Chartering a Private Car?
    Why Ride a Private Car?

1990 ISSUE 33 (Quantity available 56)

    The Gunlocke Company
    D22P Passenger Car Brake System

1990 ISSUE 34 (Quantity available 123)

    The Patriarchal Special
    26-C Air Brake System

1990 ISSUE 35 (Quantity available 60)

    A Private Varnish Holiday Meal
    26-C Air Brake System, Part II

1991 ISSUE 36 (Quantity available 159)

    Galveston Convention '90
    Coming Together In Year Of Change

1991 ISSUE 37 (Quantity available 98)

    Restoring A Dome Diner
    The Pullman Company Reborn
    ABDW Air Brake System, Part I

1991 ISSUE 38 (Quantity available 44)

    1991 Private Car Charter Directory
    PVs: The Enduring Magic
    The Private Car Phenomenon

1991 ISSUE 39 (Quantity available 56)

    Private Cars: A Crew's Perspective
    ABDW Air Brake System, Part II

1991 ISSUE 40 (Quantity available 119)

    Amtrak/AAPRCO: Working Together
    General Passenger Car Wiring, Part I

1991 ISSUE 41 (Quantity available 86)

    Ashland: One Fine Convention

1992 ISSUE 42 (Quantity available 75)

    Ashland Revisited
    General Passenger Car Wiring, Part II

1992 ISSUE 43 (Quantity available 550)

    Potomac Eagle Flies In West Virginia
    All Aboard for EnterTRAINment
    Head-end Power

1992 ISSUE 44 (Quantity available 39)

    1992 Private Car Charter Directory
    Magic of Private Rail Car Charters
    Special Trains

1992 ISSUE 45 (Quantity available 73)

    From Red Mountain to Palm Beach
    Budd Psgr. Cars: Fluting Repairs, I

1992 ISSUE 46 (Quantity available 98)

    The Survivor
    Budd Psgr. Cars: Fluting Repairs, II

1992 ISSUE 47 (Quantity available 107)

    1992 Hoboken Convention

1993 ISSUE 48 (Quantity available 61)

    Stardust
    Budd Psgr. Cars: Fluting Repairs, III

1993 ISSUE 49 (Quantity available 70)

    Georgia 300
    Budd Psgr. Cars: Fluting Repairs, IV

1993 ISSUE 50 (Quantity available 26)

    1993 Private Car Charter Directory

1993 ISSUE 51 (Quantity available 67)

    The Gold Coast
    Budd Psgr. Cars: Fluting Repairs, V

1993 ISSUE 52 (Quantity available 75)

    Dover Harbor
    Water Raising Systems

1993 ISSUE 53 (Quantity available 66)

    The Monon
    Hand Brakes: A Second Look

1994 ISSUE 54 (Quantity available 54)

    Sacramento Convention

1994 ISSUE 55 (Quantity available 58)

    Missouri-Kansas-Texas 403
    The Sacramento Convention Specials
    Air Brake System Leakage

1994 ISSUE 56 (Quantity available 31)

    1994 Private Car Charter Directory

1994 ISSUE 57 (Quantity available 32)

    Northern Sky
    Diesel Installation for the Do-It-Yourselfer
    On The Road with the Northern Sky

1994 ISSUE 58 (Quantity available 55)

    Tennessee
    On The Road with the Tennessee
    Pre-WWII Six-Wheel Trucks

1994 ISSUE 59 (Quantity available 79)

    Convention '94: St. Louis

1995 ISSUE 60 (Quantity available 53)

    1995 Private Car Charter Directory
    Private Car Travel in America

1995 ISSUE 61 (Quantity available - sold out)

    On The Road: St. Louis Revisited
    Jane Marie
    Leveling Passenger Car Trucks

1995 ISSUE 62 (Quantity available 79)

    On The Road: Joe Goodell Looks At Seattle
    Hollywood Beach
    The Passenger Car Vestibule Curtain

1995 ISSUE 63 (Quantity available 62)

    On The Road: PV Returns To 1993
    Duchess Lynn
    Trucks: A Primer For Private Car Owners

1995 ISSUE 64 (Quantity available 70)

    On The Road: AAPRCO At Steamtown
    New York Central 3
    Decelostats, Part I

1995 ISSUE 65 (Quantity available 89)

    Convention '95: British Columbia, Part I

1996 ISSUE 66 (Quantity available 50)

    1996 Private Car Charter Directory
    Private Car Travel & Where You Can Go

1996 ISSUE 67 (Quantity available 83)

    On The Road: AAPRCO Kootenay Express &
    AAPRCO Kootenay Limited in Canada
    Convention '95: British Columbia, Part II

1996 ISSUE 68 (Quantity available 75)

    Glacier Park
    6th Annual AAPRCO Washington Reception
    Decelostats, Part II, the E-5 system

1996 ISSUE 69 (Quantity available - Sold Out)

1996 ISSUE 70 (Quantity available 90)

    City of Spokane
    Draft gear field inspection

1996 ISSUE 71 (Quantity available 88)

    1996 New Orleans private car convention

1997 ISSUE 72 (Quantity available 42)

    On The Road: Caritas and High Iron Travel
    Rod Basich & RRE, Inc.: 23 cars in 22 Years
    Air Brake Fundamentals

1997 ISSUE 73 (Quantity available 68)

    On The Road: Privately Owned Dome Cars
    Silver Iris
    PV's first center spread
    80-volt Trainline Jumper Cables

1997 ISSUE 74 (Quantity available 73)

    On The Road: PV Looks at Open Platforms
    Scottish Thistle
    Center spread: Hal Dunlap's Francis L. Suter
    Rebuilding Commuter Associates car 553

1997 ISSUE 75 (Quantity available 90)

    On The Road: Roots of Private Car Service
    Resplendent
    Center spread: DeWitt Chapple's Chapel Hill
    Bushed Brake Cylinders: "O" Ring Leakage

1997 ISSUE 76 (Quantity available 116)

    1997 Canada & New England convention

1997 ISSUE 77 (Quantity available 54)

    1998 Private Car Charter Guide
    Private Cars Deliver Travel In Style

1998 ISSUE 78 (Quantity available 80)

    On the road: memorable trips can be short
    Travel by private rail car, three ways to do it: long trip, short trip, Super Bowl!
    Center spread: Explorers VIII in Missouri

1998 ISSUE 79 (Quantity available 34)

    On the road with RailCruise America, it's an entire train
    Painting RR Passenger Equipment, Part 1

1998 ISSUE 80 (Quantity available 37)

    On the road: with a step back to 1994
    Quad/Graphics Silver Rail Fleet
    Painting RR Passenger Equipment, Part 2

1998 ISSUE 81 (Quantity available - Sold Out)

1998 ISSUE 82 (Quantity available 134)

    The all new 1999 Private Car Charter Issue

1999 ISSUE 83 (Quantity available 103)

    Convention '98: PVs Tour the Great Southwest

1999 ISSUE 84 (Quantity available 97)

    On the Road: 25 year look at the Silver Buckle.
    Sonoma Valley and Golden Mission on the wine train
    Painting RR Passenger Equipment, Part 4

1999 ISSUE 85 (Quantity available 76)

    On the Road: First-class service alive and well on board private rail cars
    Electric Power for your private Car

1999 ISSUE 86 (Quantity available 64)

    On the Road: Featuring the Imperial Sands
    Viva le Via!
    Dagny Taggart at Fraser, CO
    Patrick Henry Creative Promotions: using private cars to grow your business
    DC Blower Motor Replacement

2000 ISSUE 87 (Quantity available 142)

    2000 Private Car Charter Guide
    The Private Car Experience: How the Magic comes to Life

2000 ISSUE 88 (Quantity available 80)

    1999 Tampa Convention
    Association Goals: past, present and future
    Traveling on VIA: What you need to know about CIA's head-end power requirements

2000 ISSUE 89 (Quantity available 54)

    On The Road: a look behind the scene of the "Greatest Show on Earth"
    The all-private car AAPRCO Dixie Limited
    Henry E Huntington
    The "Universal" EOT Bracket

2000 ISSUE 90 (Sold Out)

On The Road: a western rail adventure, Palm Leaf
Center spread: twilight at Livingston, MT
Jane Marie celebrates the century
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners, Part I

2000 ISSUE 91 (Quantity available 26)

Convention 2000: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pine Tree State.

2001 ISSUE 92   (Quantity available 127)

2001 Private Car Charter Guide

2001 ISSUE 93 (Quantity available 104)

J. Pinckney Henderson
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners, Part II

2001 ISSUE 94 (Quantity available 115)

Intrepid
The 2001 AAPRCO Washington Reception
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners, Part III

2001 ISSUE 95 (Quantity available 41)

Colorado Pine
The IRM Pullman Library
Electrical Systems for Private Car Owners, Part IV

2001 ISSUE 96 (Quantity available 77)

Convention 2001: Denver, Colorado
Royal Street

2002 ISSUE 97 (Quantity available - Sold Out)

2002 Private Car Charter Guide

2002 ISSUE 98 (Quantity available 56)

The Road to Denver (2001 Convention special trains)
Black Hawk

2002 ISSUE 99 (Quantity available 54)

AAPRCO at 25 - A Silver Anniversary look
Buffer-mounted EOT bracket
Caritas visits the Maritimes

2003 ISSUE 100 (Quantity available - 110)

2002 Silver Anniversary Convention: Baltimore, Maryland
America: A car with a name for our times

2003 ISSUE 101 (Quantity available - 38)

2003 Private Car Charter Guide



     
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