Extra Board
Welcome to Railfan & Railroad Extra Board, a monthly exploration of the passion for trains from many perspectives. Extra Board welcomes your submissions. We’re looking for about 1500 words accompanied by two or three photos. Each photo should be no smaller than 14 inches (or 1024 pixels) across at 72 dpi (no verticals, please). Brief caption information must accompany each photo. Please send your inquiries to the Webmaster for consideration.
April 15, 2020
Canadian National Takes the Scenic Route
During a time that saw more than 1,400 trains delayed or canceled due to illegal protests and rail blockades across the country, Ontario Northland hosted a total of 47 Canadian National detour trains over its lines.
April 6, 2020
WRP Welcomes Justin Franz to Staff of Railfan & Railroad
WRP is pleased to announce that Justin Franz will be joining the full-time staff of Railfan & Railroad as an Associate Editor.
April 4, 2020
Camera Bag: Pre-Envisioning
While we seldom consciously think about it, one of the skills that we acquire as railfan photographers is the ability to “pre-envision” a picture.
March 16, 2020
Deux Montagnes Line Au Revoir?
Canada’s only heavy rail electrified passenger line is set to be converted to light rail within a couple of years, with drastic changes already taking place.
March 16, 2020
Arizona Eastern Railway
Two railroads meet in Clifton, Arizona, to serve the vital copper industry, Arizona Eastern Railway and Freeport-McMoRan Industrial Railroad, making the small town one of the busiest interchanges in the Southwest.
March 2, 2020
Burlington Northern’s Auburn Shop: Home, Sweet Home
By 1976, Burlington Northern had reduced the EMD F-unit fleet to 115, which was still the largest concentration of cab units in America.
February 24, 2020
Portland & Western in the Willamette Valley
Moving to the Pacific Northwest was not just about Southern Pacific’s past; it was about rediscovering the present. Genesee & Wyoming’s Portland & Western operation keeps SP’s style of branchline railroading alive in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
February 24, 2020
The Kentucky Steam Heritage Story
The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation mission to restore Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 is as much about historic preservation as it is about economic development.
February 14, 2020
East Broad Top Railroad to reopen this fall under new ownership
Pennsylvania’s three-foot gauge East Broad Top Railroad will reopen this fall under the management of a new non-profit foundation including Wick Moorman, Bennett Levin, and Henry Posner III.
February 4, 2020
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
Part Great Northern, part Milwaukee Road, the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad celebrates forty years of serving industry in eastern Washington State.
