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VTR RDSW at the Yard Office |
| Description: |
The Vermont Railways Rutland Yard Switcher has finished exchanging cars with Green Mountain Railroads Rutland to Bellows Falls job, Train 263, and the crew picks up new orders from the Rutland Yard Office before continuing the days switching work. The train has leased GATX Corporation EMD GP38-2 #2208 and MP15DC #318 as power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2017 Upload Date: 5/2/2017 9:17:38 AM |
| Location: |
Rutland, VT |
| Author: |
Joshua Harkness |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2208(GP38-2) GMTX 318(MP15AC) |
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629 Comments: 2 |
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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) |
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1037 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: |
1204 Comments: 4 |
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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: |
1028 Comments: 0 |
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