Extra Board
Welcome to Railpace’s Extra Board! Here you will find previews from features published in our magazine monthly.
November 17, 2020
Vermont Railway Detours Over New England Central
To avoid tunnel construction in Middlebury, Vt., Vermont Railway detour trains ran from Burlington to Bellows Falls over the rails of New England Central Railroad.
November 17, 2020
Genesee Valley Transportation Dedicates New Von Storch Shop in Scranton
Genesee Valley Transportation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $2.6 million Von Storch Locomotive Shop in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, Pa., on September 24, 2020.
November 17, 2020
Lackawanna Alco HH660 409 Acquired by Genesee Valley Transportation
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Alco HH660 409 returned home to Scranton, Pa., on August 12, 2020. Genesee Valley Transportation acquired the 80-year old unit, built in April 1940 from locomotive leaser NWIX.
September 15, 2020
Railfanning Finger Lakes Railway’s Geneva-Solvay Job
The primary train over the former New York Central Auburn Road between Geneva and Syracuse is symbol GS-2. This train operates from the Finger Lakes’ Geneva Yard eastward across the line to Solvay Yard just west of Syracuse, where it returns to Geneva.
September 15, 2020
East Broad Top Celebrates 60 Years As Tourist Line
To mark the 60th anniversary of its opening as a tourist railroad, the East Broad Top Railroad held a three-day celebration August 13-15, 2020. The event also celebrated the purchase of the railroad by the new EBT Foundation.
September 15, 2020
Mertztown Station Open House
The Longswamp Historical Society held an open house at the train station in Mertztown, Pa., on Sunday, August 2, 2020. Local residents and railfans visited the station this day to get a glimpse of the past and see what the inside looked like before the society relocates it.
August 24, 2020
Reading & Northern F-Units Debut
Reading & Northern’s handsome pair of former Norfolk Southern F-units made their long awaited debut on a three day Office Car Special during Independence Day weekend, July 3-5, 2020.
August 24, 2020
The Blue Barns of Buffalo… And Beyond
When Canadian Pacific completed its purchase of the Central Maine & Quebec on June 3, many observers believed the rare GMD SD40-2F cowl units we destined for the scrap heap.
August 24, 2020
CSX Market Street Branch
What would eventually become Balitmore & Ohio’s (and later CSX) Market Street Branch in Wilmington, Del., began life as the Wilmington & Western in the 1870s.
July 20, 2020
Restoration Work Progresses at East Broad Top Railroad
Work to rehabilitate the yard tracks, buildings and other essential railroad infrastructure has been proceeding at a brisk pace at the East Broad Top Railroad in Orbisonia, Pa. Dormant since 2011, the railroad was purchased by The EBT Foundation, Inc., in February 2020.
