The PLA news bulletin, sent to members each month, grew into a full-fledged railroad news magazine. Single issues and subscriptions to PLA's "Pacific News" were sold as a fund raiser. They were initially written, edited and produced by Karl R. Koenig on a Ditto machine, but as demand increased it eventually became cost-effective to use a professional printer. The magazine was eventually spun off and published independently, by Chatham Publishing Company until 1983 when it was sold to Interurban Press (and later Pentrex). The name was later changed to "Pacific RailNews" and, with expanded coverage and national distribution, it was later shortened to its final name, "Rail News". Although successful for many years the magazine was discontinued by Pentrex in 1999.