Extra Board
Welcome to Railpace’s Extra Board! Here you will find previews from features published in our magazine monthly.
July 26, 2021
America’s Freight Train: Reading & Northern’s NRFF Fast Freight: Part 1
Reading & Northern’s North Reading Fast Freight – symboled NRFF – has become one of the most popular attractions in the Northeast thanks to its published regular schedule and trains hauled by standard cab diesels.
July 26, 2021
Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Open House
The Aberdeen, Caorlina & Western welcomed invited guests for a tour of their massive shop complex at Candor and an all day excursion featuring their newly repainted EMD F-units acquired from Norfolk Southern.
July 26, 2021
New Life for a Very Old Tunnel: Exploring Blue Ridge Tunnel
Historic Blue Ridge Tunnel beneath Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia is now a public park administered by the Nelson County Parks and Recreation Department.
June 15, 2021
Amtrak’s Susquehanna River Crossing
Amtrak’s Susquehanna River crossing between Perryville and Havre de Grace hosts exciting passenger and steady freight traffic.
June 15, 2021
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Begins Major Expansion
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum celebrated celebrated the start of construction for a new 21,000-square-foot welcome and educational center at its East Campus in Washington, Pa., on May 6, 2021
June 15, 2021
Allegheny Valley Railroad Saturday Morning Sand Extra
With increased sand traffic to Logan’s Ferry during the summer of 2020, Allegheny Valley Railroad began operating extra trains on the Valley Line, most often running on Saturday mornings out of Glenwood, Pa.
May 20, 2021
Four Hours in Butler, Pennsylvania
Located just 45 miles north of Pittsburgh, Butler hosts busy railroad action from Buffalo & Pittsburgh and Canadian National’s Bessemer & Lake Erie.
May 20, 2021
Waldwick Tower Model Board Restoration
Long thought stolen, the original model board was restored and placed back in its original position inside the former Erie Railroad signal tower in Waldwick, N.J.
April 15, 2021
A Look at the New Acela II
Amtrak celebrates a half century of service to America with the forthcoming introduction of its new Acela II trainsets constructed by Alstom in Hornell, N.Y.
