Extra Board

Welcome to Trains & Railroad of the Past’s Extra Board! We explore a different perspective of classic late era railroading every month. 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.

Pennsylvania Railroad Beaver Falls to Conway

November 28, 2022

Pennsylvania Railroad Beaver Falls to Conway

Touring the Pennsylvania Railroad main line between Conway and Beaver Falls, including a busy schedule of freight and passenger trains serving industry and commuters alike.

Alco Smoke in the Virginia Hills

November 28, 2022

Alco Smoke in the Virginia Hills

During the 1980s and 1990s, Winchester & Western employed a fleet of Alcos to lift heavy sand loads up and over the steep grades of Northern Virginia.

A Southwest Odyssey

November 28, 2022

A Southwest Odyssey

In 1985, several friends discussed making a trip out west to photograph railroad action on the Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific.

Beer Money: Working the Reading & Northern

November 27, 2022

Beer Money: Working the Reading & Northern

Reading & Northern took over the former Conrail Reading Cluster of branch lines serving the remaining coal mines in the Anthracite region.

Kansas City Southern “White Knights”

October 7, 2022

Kansas City Southern “White Knights”

Looking back at the era of Kansas City Southern “White Knights” in the 1970s and 1980s, where every locomotive was snow white with a large red “KCS” logo on the flank.

1972 and the “Usual Suspects” on the Lehigh Valley

October 5, 2022

1972 and the “Usual Suspects” on the Lehigh Valley

Photographing the close friends we railfanned with were just as important as the trains we chased on the Lehigh Valley in 1972.

New York and New Jersey Area Freight Action

October 2, 2022

New York and New Jersey Area Freight Action

The New York and New Jersey metropolitan area was home to a variety of colorful freight operations on both sides of the Hudson River.

White River Productions Acquires Diesel Era Magazine

April 1, 2021

White River Productions Acquires Diesel Era Magazine

White River Productions has acquired Diesel Era from Withers Publishing, naming Tony Cook as the new editor of the quarterly publication.

Growing Up Grande

August 31, 2020

Growing Up Grande

I became aware of the Denver & Rio Grande Western during my 15th summer, a relationship that would endure for the next 59-plus years. I also became a Missouri Pacific fan for its final 20 years of existence before being swallowed by Union Pacific, all of which played major roles in my hometown of Pueblo, Colorado.

White River Productions acquires Railpace Newsmagazine

January 28, 2020

White River Productions acquires Railpace Newsmagazine

White River Productions has added Railpace Newsmagazine to the company’s family of publications. The agreement between Railpace, Inc., and WRP was completed Monday, January 20, 2020.