Extra Board
Welcome to Railpace’s Extra Board! Here you will find previews from features published in our magazine monthly.
September 15, 2020
Railfanning Finger Lakes Railway’s Geneva-Solvay Job
The primary train over the former New York Central Auburn Road between Geneva and Syracuse is symbol GS-2. This train operates from the Finger Lakes’ Geneva Yard eastward across the line to Solvay Yard just west of Syracuse, where it returns to Geneva.
September 15, 2020
East Broad Top Celebrates 60 Years As Tourist Line
To mark the 60th anniversary of its opening as a tourist railroad, the East Broad Top Railroad held a three-day celebration August 13-15, 2020. The event also celebrated the purchase of the railroad by the new EBT Foundation.
September 15, 2020
Mertztown Station Open House
The Longswamp Historical Society held an open house at the train station in Mertztown, Pa., on Sunday, August 2, 2020. Local residents and railfans visited the station this day to get a glimpse of the past and see what the inside looked like before the society relocates it.
August 24, 2020
Reading & Northern F-Units Debut
Reading & Northern’s handsome pair of former Norfolk Southern F-units made their long awaited debut on a three day Office Car Special during Independence Day weekend, July 3-5, 2020.
August 24, 2020
The Blue Barns of Buffalo… And Beyond
When Canadian Pacific completed its purchase of the Central Maine & Quebec on June 3, many observers believed the rare GMD SD40-2F cowl units we destined for the scrap heap.
August 24, 2020
CSX Market Street Branch
What would eventually become Balitmore & Ohio’s (and later CSX) Market Street Branch in Wilmington, Del., began life as the Wilmington & Western in the 1870s.
July 20, 2020
Restoration Work Progresses at East Broad Top Railroad
Work to rehabilitate the yard tracks, buildings and other essential railroad infrastructure has been proceeding at a brisk pace at the East Broad Top Railroad in Orbisonia, Pa. Dormant since 2011, the railroad was purchased by The EBT Foundation, Inc., in February 2020.
July 20, 2020
Railfanning the Rochester & Southern
Extending from urban Rochester, New York, to the lush farm fields and rural landscapes of western New York State, the Genesee & Wyoming-owned Rochester & Southern Railroad operates the line that launched this short line conglomerate.
July 20, 2020
Amtrak Acela 21 Dynamic Testing Begins
After months of preparation, the second next-generation high-speed Amtrak Acela trainset made its public debut along Philadelphia’s Main Line on May 28, 2020.
June 17, 2020
Western New York & Pennsylvania “Big Sixes” Strut East From Meadville to Salamanca
Railfan photographers were out in force when it was learned that Western New York & Pennsylvania would move 128 empty coal hoppers east from Meadville, Pa., for storage on May 2.
