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!
Operation Toy Train Expands to 69 Towns Across Five States for 2025 Holiday Toy Drive
Operation Toy Train is proud to announce its largest and most expansive schedule yet for the 2025 season. This annual project of the non-profit organization TOYX, Inc. is dedicated to running
special trains throughout the United States that collect and deliver donated toys to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation. With collection events planned in 69 towns across five states, Operation
Toy Train will roll into communities from California to Connecticut throughout November and December
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.
