Trundling Thru Montpellier
GMCR GP9 804 and VTR GP40-2 307 trundle slowly thru the capital of the Green Mountain state with a handful of empty gons destined for the top of The Hill at Websterville for loadout at Northeast Materials granite quarry.
The train is running along side the linear trail that sits between the railroad and Stone Cutter's way in the heart of downtown near about MP 1.5 on the Washington County Railroad's M&B Division. These particular rails are ex CV, first laid in 1875 when the 1849 branch into the capital city was extended to Barre. In 1957 Sam Pinsly's Montpelier & Barre purchased them and he quickly consolidated the parallel CV and old Montpelier & Wells River routes between this point at Barre. Just out of sight to the left in days of old was the former M&W engine house. Though it is long gone, the turntable survives as part of the park.
The state purchased these rails in 1980 when the M&B petitioned for abandonment and they've had multiple contract operators over the years until finally setting on Vermont Rail System's Washington County Subsidiary about two decades ago.
Montpelier, Vermont
Friday April 24, 2020
Trundling Thru Montpellier
GMCR GP9 804 and VTR GP40-2 307 trundle slowly thru the capital of the Green Mountain state with a handful of empty gons destined for the top of The Hill at Websterville for loadout at Northeast Materials granite quarry.
The train is running along side the linear trail that sits between the railroad and Stone Cutter's way in the heart of downtown near about MP 1.5 on the Washington County Railroad's M&B Division. These particular rails are ex CV, first laid in 1875 when the 1849 branch into the capital city was extended to Barre. In 1957 Sam Pinsly's Montpelier & Barre purchased them and he quickly consolidated the parallel CV and old Montpelier & Wells River routes between this point at Barre. Just out of sight to the left in days of old was the former M&W engine house. Though it is long gone, the turntable survives as part of the park.
The state purchased these rails in 1980 when the M&B petitioned for abandonment and they've had multiple contract operators over the years until finally setting on Vermont Rail System's Washington County Subsidiary about two decades ago.
Montpelier, Vermont
Friday April 24, 2020