August 2026: Join the chase as Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 makes the first leg of its Eastern tour through Ohio, New York, and northeastern Pennsylvania. Then pause with us in Scranton as tens of thousands of visitors see the 4014 reunited with Steamtown’s own 4012. New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad decorated SD40-2 3634 for a two-day Office Car Special on the Southern Tier Line, and railfans reveled with photos of the train along the Delaware River and on Starrucca Viaduct. All this and more in the August 2026 issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!
RBMN Smashes All Carload Volume Records
Reading & Northern Railroad handled 19,000 carloads in the first six months of 2026, a record volume for the first six months of any year in its history. Traffic was strong in all of R&N’s diverse traffic groups. Although the largest growth was in frac sand and rock salt the carload leaders remained forest products, over 5000 carloads, and anthracite coal, over 4000 carloads. Overall traffic is running 20% higher than last year’s volume.
Big Boy 4014 Eastern Tour
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive 4014 made its much-anticipated visit to the East Coast as part of its Coast-to-Coast tour.
Big Boy Reunion
Big Boys 4014 and 4012, two of the largest steam locomotives ever built, together side-by-side for the first time since the 1950s.
Susquehanna Office Car Specials
New York, Susquehanna & Western operated two Office Car Specials from Binghamton over the Southern Tier Line during June.
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