Extra Board

Welcome to Railpace’s Extra Board! Here you will find previews from features published in our magazine monthly.

June 23, 2026

Urban Railfanning: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor pierces the heart of New Brunswick, New Jersey, on an elevated, four-track right-of-way.

June 23, 2026

Railroad Historians of the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Chapter, NRHS sponsored Railroad Explorer VI on Saturday, April 18, 2026.

June 23, 2026

April 1, 2026, marked the creation of Conrail, comprised of six bankrupt railroad companies folded into one.

June 23, 2026

A multi-billion dollar series of projects across the District of Columbia and northern Virginia have moved into active construction.

May 18, 2026

Take A Ride on the Reading: In Part 3 we follow the East Penn Branch line east from Macungie to Allentown, Pennsylvania.

May 18, 2026

We bid farewell to D.C. Streetcar, the hapless short streetcar line in our nation’s capital. Join us trackside on the final day of operation.

April 20, 2026

This month we make a visit to Hudson, New York, located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, on Amtrak’s Hudson Main.

April 20, 2026

The former Reading Company East Penn Branch connects Reading with Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is today’s busy Norfolk Southern Reading Line.

March 23, 2026

More than a million rail cars a year traverse the Detroit-Windsor and Port Huron-Sarnia rail tunnels, economic lifelines to both countries.

March 23, 2026

Dale W. Woodland’s Favorite Spot is Reading Company’s East Penn Branch: Wyomissing, Belt Line Junction, West Laurel, Tuckerton, and Blandon.