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| Title: |
GMRC Train 263-27 at East Clarendon |
| Description: |
On April 27th 2017, the Green Mountain Railroads Train 263 operated with a short consist between Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vermont, carrying cars bound for the Pan Am Railways and the New England Central, with leased GATX Corporation Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 #2147 leading one of the railroads two six-axle locomotives, EMD SD70M-2 #431, a former Florida East Coast unit. Here the trains power crosses VT Route 103, the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail in East Clarendon. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2017 Upload Date: 5/2/2017 9:22:28 AM |
| Location: |
East Clarendon, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2147(GP38-2) VTR 431(SD70M-2) |
| Views: |
1014 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GMRC Train 263-27 on Bridge #47 |
| Description: |
Restricted to 10MPH due to the many steep gradients on the line, Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-27 creeps across the famous, at least locally famous, Cuttingsville "Hanging Bridge", officially known as Bridge #47, with GATX EMD GP38-2 #2147, lettered for the Natchez Railway but leased to the Vermont Rail System, and EMD SD70M-2 #431 as power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2017 Upload Date: 5/2/2017 9:23:57 AM |
| Location: |
Cuttingsville, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2147(GP38-2) VTR 431(SD70M-2) |
| Views: |
1180 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
GMRC Train 263-27 at Mount Holly |
| Description: |
Green Mountain Railroad Train 263 en route from Rutland to Bellows Falls, Vermont for interchange with Pan Am Railways and the New England Central, makes its way across the long, nearly level, straight away that parallels VT Route 103 through Mount Holly, Vermont. The relatively short train has GATX EMD GP38-2 #2147 leading and Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 #431 trailing on the head-end as power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2017 Upload Date: 5/3/2017 9:34:41 AM |
| Location: |
Mount Holly, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2147(GP38-2) VTR 431(SD70M-2) |
| Views: |
1015 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GMRC Train 263-27 at Ludlow |
| Description: |
After making an impressive descent of five-hundred feet in only a few miles, Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-27s power, GATX EMD GP38-2 #2147 and Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 #431 rolls into Ludlow as the Engineer eases off the dynamic braking for the brief level section through the town. Though the steep part is over, the train still has another seven-hundred feet to descend to Riverside on the banks of the Connecticut River. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2017 Upload Date: 5/2/2017 9:27:34 AM |
| Location: |
Ludlow, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2147(GP38-2) VTR 431(SD70M-2) |
| Views: |
1005 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VRS GMRC Train 263-26 at Gaynors Crossing |
| Description: |
With the Northern Taconic Mountains visible in the distance, the Vermont Rail Systems Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-26 slowly climbs the western slope of the Green Mountains at East Clarendon, Vermont. Operating as a combined freight and Maintenance-of-Way train, GMRC Train 263-26 rolls across Gaynors Crossing in East Clarendon with 4 loaded open-top hoppers en route to Okemo for ballast work and 27 loaded limestone slurry cars for Pan Am Railways at Bellows Falls, Vermont in tow behind Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 431 and GATX Corporation EMD GP38-2 2215. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2017 Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:37:18 PM |
| Location: |
East Clarendon, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VTR 431(SD70M-2) GMTX 2215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
821 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
VRS GMRC Train 263-26 High Above the Mill River |
| Description: |
Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 431 and GATX Corporation EMD GP38-2 2215 pull hard on the head-end of VRS Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-26, as the loaded thirty-one car train trundles across Bridge 47, the locally famous “Cuttingsville High Bridge” over the Mill River in Cuttingsville, Vermont. The four open-top hoppers at the head-end of the consist are carrying ballast to be used as part of a track repair project in Okemo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2017 Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:38:12 PM |
| Location: |
Cuttingsville, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
VTR 431(SD70M-2) GMTX 2215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
821 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
VRS GMRC Train 263-26 at Mount Holly |
| Description: |
Rolling through peat bogs and dense spruce, fir and tamarack forests, the Vermont Rail Systems Rutland to Bellows Falls job, Green Mountain Railroad Train 263, approaches the summit of the Green Mountain Gateway in Mount Holly, Vermont, with Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 leading and GATX EMD GP38-2 trailing on the point of the loaded thirty-one car consist. Within half an hour, the crew of Train 263-26 would get to work unloading the four loaded ballast hoppers as part of a track repair project in Okemo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2017 Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:39:30 PM |
| Location: |
Mount Holly, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VTR 431(SD70M-2) GMTX 2215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
736 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
VRS GMRC Train 263-26 at Chester Depot |
| Description: |
Rolling through the quaint village of Chester Depot, Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-26, led by Vermont Railway EMD SD70M-2 431 and GATX EMD GP38-2 2215, passes the former Rutland Railroad Station, which once contained the offices of the Green Mountain Railroad Corporation when they were an independent company. Now the Green Mountain Railroad Corp. is operated by the Vermont Rail System as a subsidiary and its freight operations are based out of Rutland. The first four cars in the consist, open-top ballast hoppers, were emptied along the mainline in Okemo as part of a project to upgrade the track condition of the Green Mountain Gateway. The remaining twenty-seven cars are heading to Riverside Yard to be handed off to Pan Am Railways for shipment to some of the paper mills near Portland, Maine. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2017 Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:40:19 PM |
| Location: |
Chester, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
VTR 431(SD70M-2) GMTX 2215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
946 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VRS GMRC Train 263-26 at Bartonsville |
| Description: |
Vermont Railway six-axle and leased GATX Corporation four-axle locomotives, in the form of VTR 431 and GATX 2215, lead the Vermont Rail Systems Green Mountain Railroad Train 263-26 across Lower Bartonsville Road in the village of Bartonsville, Vermont en route to Riverside Yard in Rockingham with twenty-seven loads for Pan Am Railways and four empties to return to Rutland on Train 264-26 later in the evening. The Bartonsville Covered Bridge, spanning the Williams River, was rebuilt in 2012 following the severe flooding from Hurricane Irene the previous year that washed away the original covered bridge built in 1870. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2017 Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:41:04 PM |
| Location: |
Bartonsville, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
VTR 431(SD70M-2) GMTX 2215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
21771 Comments: 10 |
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