October 2026: Chris Healy takes us trackside exploring great photo locations along Metro-North Railroad’s Upper Harlem Line. Kevin EuDaly brings us the scoop on more than 30 diesel locomotives decorated for America’s semiquincentennial that gathered at the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s Spencer Shops. And, Bill Monaghan gets us close to the action as a trolley operated in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for the first time since 1938 during the Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association Steam Show. All this and more in the October 2026 issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!
Amtrak Joins Gov. Lamont, Connecticut DOT for Windsor Locks Train Station Ribbon Cutting
Amtrak Vice President of Infrastructure and Project Delivery Warren LeBeau joined Gov. Ned Lamont, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto, and state and local leadership to announce the opening of a newly constructed Windsor Locks Train Station. The station will serve Amtrak’s Hartford Line, Northeast Regional, Valley Flyer and Vermonter routes, as well as CTrail trains starting Oct. 18.
My Favorite Spot: Metro-North’s Upper Harlem Line
Chris Healy takes us along Metro-North Railroad’s single-track Upper Harlem Line with stations, rolling hills, and river crossings.
America 250 Locomotive Celebration at Spencer
Once-in-a-generation gathering of specially painted locomotives at the North Carolina Transportation Museum celebrating America’s 250th.
Big Boy – Take 2: UP 4014 Heads Home
UP Big Boy 4014 heads home, departing Steamtown National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, following a two-week visit and scheduled maintenance.
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