JUNE 2025: Follow a westbound CSX empty hopper train returning from Newport News, Va., to the mines in West Virginia and Kentucky. Jim Rowland reports on the RDC fan trip operated over Reading & Northern, while Andrew Grahl and Raymond Mercado take us to Upstate New York’s Alco country to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad. All this plus the latest photos and news stories from across the Northeast in the June issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!
NIH to Fund Long-Term Health Studies for East Palestine After Train Disaster
At the urging of Vice President JD Vance, under the leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a five-year, $10 million research initiative to assess and address the long-term health outcomes stemming from the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad Celebrates 60 Years
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville celebrates 60 years with a special night photo shoot at Lakeville Shops, and equipment displays and train rides at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.
Chasing a CSX Hopper Train on the former C&O
Chase a westbound CSX empty hopper train returning from Newport News, Va., to the mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.
PATCO Reopens Franklin Square Station
Opened in 1936, and last used in 1979, a renovated PATCO Franklin Square station in Philadelphia reopened to the public on April 3, 2025.
