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.
July 14, 2023
A Day Trip to Pittsburgh: 1958
A day trip to Pittsburgh in 1958, riding Pennsylvania Railroad’s commuter train from Beaver Falls.
July 14, 2023
WISCONSIN: The Clock Was Ticking!
A railfan trip to Wisconsin in 1992 to witness the final days of Green Bay & Western and Fox River Valley Railroad before they were swallowed up by Wisconsin Central.
March 2, 2023
Anthracite Country: Hazleton West
In this issue we will follow the line from Hazleton to Mount Carmel where the Lehigh Valley interchanged with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
March 2, 2023
Exploring Wichita Falls, Texas: 1962-1963
A New Jersey native explores the colorful railroads around Wichita Falls, Texas, while attending Air Force Transportation Officer School at nearby Sheppard Air Force Base.
March 2, 2023
Erie Lackawanna in Rutherford: Remarkable People
Witness big-time Erie Lacakwanna action and meet the people who made it possible in the area surrounding Rutherford, New Jersey.
March 1, 2023
Car Corner: Boxcars
Some classic boxcars from the collection of Trains & Railroads of the Past.
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.
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.
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.
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.