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''The New Electric Railway Journal'' (ISSN 1048-3845) was a quarterly American magazine primarily about electric urban rail transit in North America, published from 1988 to 1998,〔(''The New Electric Railway Journal'' ) at WorldCat. Retrieved July 14, 2012.〕 with an international circulation.〔Taplin, M. R. (August 1990). ''The New Electric Railway Journal'' (review of). ''Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit'', p. 278. UK: Ian Allan Ltd. / Light Rail Transit Association. .〕〔''Light Rail & Modern Tramway'' magazine, various issues (reviews of individual issues of ''TNERJ''). .〕 Its name was a tribute to a much earlier magazine with similar coverage, the ''Electric Railway Journal'',〔Sebree, Mac (January 1989). "Birth of a journal". ''Pacific RailNews''. p. 42. .〕 published (by McGraw-Hill) from 1908–1931.〔"Railroadiana (product news and reviews)". ''Railfan & Railroad'', January 1989, p. 23. Carstens Publications. .〕〔Kunz, Richard R. (Spring 1996). "Cutting the Cord". ''The New Electric Railway Journal'', p. 2.〕 The first issue was that dated Autumn 1988.〔〔 The magazine was published by the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation (FCF) for most of its run, from 1988 until mid-1996.〔 Starting with the Summer 1996 issue, publication was transferred to CityRail, Ltd., a not-for-profit corporation based in Illinois.〔Kunz, Richard R. (Summer 1996). "... In With the New". ''TNERJ'', p. 2.〕 The magazine abbreviated its own name as ''TNERJ'' (as opposed to "NERJ"). The magazine's publisher was Paul M. Weyrich, a noted American conservative and FCF's founder and president. Weyrich was a longtime advocate of light rail transit and streetcars. As ''TNERJ'' publisher, he penned an opinion column for every issue, and he acknowledged that it was unusual for an American political conservative to support government investment in mass transit,〔Weyrich, Paul M. (Autumn 1993). "Righting the Rails". ''TNERJ'', p. 4. (The headline was a play on words, as the column explained why Weyrich felt it made sense for those on the political "right" () to support rail transit.)〕〔Weyrich, Paul M. (Summer 1996). "Conservatives and Mass Transit: Part II". ''TNERJ'', p. 4.〕 but in the magazine he explained why he believed support for urban transit, and particularly rail transit, made sense and did not run counter to what he considered a "proper definition of conservatism."〔 In the magazine's premiere issue, Weyrich wrote that he was "committed to rail transit" and that "rail transit – all but abandoned in the 1950s as yesteryear's mode of transportation – is back in a major way all across the nation."〔Weyrich, Paul M. (Autumn 1988). "Publisher's Letter". ''The New Electric Railway Journal'', p. 4.〕 He also made it clear that, while the magazine's commentary sections would generally be advocating investment in rail transit, he and the editors would not hesitate to criticize existing or proposed rail-transit systems when they believed criticism was deserved.〔〔Weyrich, Paul M. (Spring 1990). "Honest Cost Figures Will Pay Off In The Long Run". ''TNERJ'', p. 2.〕 Editor-in-Chief of ''TNERJ'' for its entire run was Richard R. Kunz, who had previously worked as Rail Transit Editor of ''Passenger Train Journal''.〔Sebree, Mac (January–March 1999). "Richard R. Kunz" (obituary). ''Motor Coach Age'', p. 38. .〕 Modes of transportation covered by ''The New Electric Railway Journal'' included light rail transit, streetcars, rapid transit (subway/metro) systems, commuter rail, trolley buses and, to a more limited extent, monorails and people-movers.〔 The change to a different publishing company in 1996 did not change the magazine's focus, as the editor-in-chief and most other contributing editors remained the same.〔Symons, J. R. (November 1996). Review: ''The New Electric Railway Journal'', Summer 1996 issue. ''Light Rail and Modern Tramway'', p. 436. UK: Ian Allan Ltd. / Light Rail Transit Association. .〕 Publication ceased in late 1998, when the issue carrying the date of "Winter 1998" was published, as a result primarily of the death of the editor, Richard Kunz.〔 ==Content overview== Each issue generally included about three or four feature articles, plus a news section reporting on recent developments by city, on the aforementioned modes of transportation. Regular geographic coverage extended to Canada and Mexico as well as the United States,〔 but most issues also had a page or two of non-North American content, occasionally several pages.〔 Issues were 46–50 pages in length until 1994, thereafter 38–40 pages. The magazine used high-quality paper,〔Symons, J. R. (March 1994). Review: ''The New Electric Railway Journal''. ''Light Rail and Modern Tramway'', p. 77. UK: Ian Allan Ltd. / Light Rail Transit Association. .〕 and over half of its pages were printed in color. In some issues, 100% of the illustrations were in color.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The New Electric Railway Journal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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