Railpace Newsmagazine

07/03/2025

Congratulations to Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum on the acquisition of Bath & Hammondsport Alco S-1 No. 5!

22/01/2025

A fascinating look at railroad operations at Bethlehem Steel's home plant written by an employee who spent more than 35 years working on the railroad inside the steel mill, with three decades of experience as a supervisor. Features 70 photos (37 color and 33 b/w), many of which are seldom-seen views taken inside the plant. PB&NE, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Delaware & Hudson, Conrail, BSCO Narrow Gauge and other private Bethlehem Steel equipment are shown...

A fascinating look at railroad operations at Bethlehem Steel's home plant written by a 35-year employee who worked on the railroad inside the mill.

20/01/2025

This beautiful all-color book features the Maine Central, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian Pacific's Vermont operations and Conrail New England action. Photographic coverage from Maine to Massachusetts includes CV's Rocket" intermodal train, BAR's F3-powered road freight, CV/B&M run-throughs, CP's New England Alco fleet, and other surprises! Our action and roster shots are run large on the page and the details are crisp…

This beautiful all-color book features the Maine Central, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian Pacific's Vermont operations and Conrail New England action. Photographic coverage from Maine to Massachusetts includes CV's Rocket" intermodal train, BAR's F3-powered road...

17/01/2025

Starting in the 1950s, self-propelled Budd-built Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) could be found across North America. They were used in branch and mainline service, and could work together in a train or as just one solitary car. Today they can be found running on many tourist trains, but on only two passenger railroads: the Westside Express Service commuter train in Portland, Ore., where RDCs provide backup service, and VIA Rail’s Sudbury-to-White River remote service...

Ride one of the last regularly-scheduled Budd Rail Diesel Car runs in the Northeast, operated by VIA Rail through northern Ontario.

16/01/2025

America’s fastest passenger trains were developed through an innovative high-speed rail program that spanned more than forty years. For two generations of rail travelers, “Metroliner” evoked an image of speed and convenience. Conceived when the future of U.S. rail travel was in doubt, Metroliner captured the public’s attention and arguably led Congress to create Amtrak...

When the future of rail travel was in doubt, Metroliner captured the public’s attention and changed the course of American rail travel.

15/01/2025

When “Precision Scheduled Railroading” is discussed among railroaders, particularly Class-1 executives, it is usually about running two- and three-mile-long trains to cut crews, to save money; seldom to improve customer service or grow the business. When was the last time you saw a new rail siding being installed at one of the hundreds of new warehouses springing up throughout the Northeast?

Reading & Northern keeps the freight and passenger traffic flowing through the busy junction at Jim Thorpe, Pa.

14/01/2025

The area surrounding Allentown and Bethlehem was quickly transformed as seven colorful legacy lines came under Conrail control in 1976. Over the next 24 years, this industrial region of eastern Pennsylvania would go through its own transformation, affecting traffic patterns for years to come. Historian and photographer Olev Taremae explores these changes through colorful photos and detailed text.

Seven colorful legacy lines came under Conrail control in 1976. Over the next 24 years, eastern Pennsylvania would go through transformation, affecting traffic patterns for years to come. Historian and photographer Olev Taremae explores these changes through colorful photos and detailed text.

13/01/2025

With the arrival of a series of early summer heat waves that started in June 2024, throngs of New York City apartment dwellers boarded subway trains and ferries to recreate that timeless seasonal march to the city’s beaches to obtain cooling relief from the oppressive heat...

A loyal group of beachgoers are drawn to Queens’ Rockaway Beach, situated on a peninsula surrounded by Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

10/01/2025

The locomotive shop door was raised October 31 to officially unveil VIA Historical Association’s (VHA) restored FP9 6539. Now adorned in the vintage yellow-and-blue VIA Rail passenger scheme, the completed unit was brought outside Ontario Southland Railway’s shop in Salford, Ont., for the first time with several VHA directors on hand for the special occasion...

VIA Historical Association debuted their restored VIA Rail GMD FP9 at the end of October at the Ontario Southland Railway shops.

09/01/2025

LIMITED QUANTITIES: A pictorial look at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s most famous long-distance train, The Broadway Limited includes many photos of the train from its inception through the Penn Central and into the Amtrak era. It is well illustrated with period advertising and includes schedules and dining car menus, along with a substantive historical text.

The Broadway Limited is a pictorial of Pennsylvania Railroad's most famous long-distance train, through the Penn Central and Amtrak eras.

09/01/2025

JANUARY 2025: In this issue we visit Reading & Northern's "Rush Hour Dance" in Jim Thorpe, Pa., take a summer getaway to the Rockaways, and attend the debut of the VIA Historical Society's restored VIA Rail FP9. All this plus the latest photos and news stories from across the Northeast in the January issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!

09/01/2025

DECEMBER 2024: Metro-North's Scenic Waterbury Branch Part 3, Mingo Junction: Now a Four Railroad Town, East Broad Top Update, Montreal REM Construction Progress

09/01/2025

NOVEMBER 2024: Quincy Shipyard Short Line: Fore River Railroad, NJ Transit "Meet Our Rail Fleet Past and Present" at Hoboken Terminal, Railfanning From the Broadway Bridge, Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Alco RS-3 Dedication.

09/01/2025

OCTOBER 2024: An Aerial Visit to the Union Railroad, Dutch Country Dinosaurs Become Extinct, VIA Rail's New Fleet, New Haven's Roger Williams Rides Again

09/01/2025

SEPTEMBER 2024: Metro-North's scenic Waterbury Branch, SEPTA PCCs return to Girard Avenue Line, Rush Hour at Marble Hill

08/11/2024

We are at Woodstown Central Railroad tonight helping Railfan & Railroad Magazine celebrate their 50th Anniversary!

28/10/2024

Let's keep the momentum moving forward!

Since October 9th, the campaign to restore New York Central steam locomotive No. 3001 has raised $133,775 toward the first goal of $500,000. In addition, we now have over $1,000 in recurring monthly donations and over 300 supporters have pledged donations of over $50,000! With 186 days left to meet our first deadline, you can learn more about the effort, make a pledge, or donate here: americanloco.org. Thank you to our very first supporters, both large and small. Some checks have ranged between $3001 and $10,000!