Autumn Explorer at Wallingford
The AAPRCO's Autumn Explorer is southbound on Vermont Railway's B&R Sub rolling thru the Otter Creek Valley as seen looking down from US Route 7 above MP 44.3 on VRS' former Rutland mainline that once extended all the way to Chatham, NY.
The train left Albany-Rensselaer in the morning behind two Amtrak P42s and traveled up CP's ex D&H Canadian main. At Whitehall they diverges on to Vermont Rail System's CLP mainline, also former D&H for the trip to Rutland, VT. There the Amtrak power was exchanged for red GP40-2 307 that will take the train south all the way to Hoosick Junction before returning to North Bennington to spend the night, then the train will travel north to Burlington where it will spend a few days.
The eight PVs on this year's trip listed in order are the: NYC 3, Promontory Point, Northern Sky, Northern Dreams, Dagny Taggart, San Marino, Wisconsin, and Chapel Hill.
Wallingford, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020
Autumn Explorer at Wallingford
The AAPRCO's Autumn Explorer is southbound on Vermont Railway's B&R Sub rolling thru the Otter Creek Valley as seen looking down from US Route 7 above MP 44.3 on VRS' former Rutland mainline that once extended all the way to Chatham, NY.
The train left Albany-Rensselaer in the morning behind two Amtrak P42s and traveled up CP's ex D&H Canadian main. At Whitehall they diverges on to Vermont Rail System's CLP mainline, also former D&H for the trip to Rutland, VT. There the Amtrak power was exchanged for red GP40-2 307 that will take the train south all the way to Hoosick Junction before returning to North Bennington to spend the night, then the train will travel north to Burlington where it will spend a few days.
The eight PVs on this year's trip listed in order are the: NYC 3, Promontory Point, Northern Sky, Northern Dreams, Dagny Taggart, San Marino, Wisconsin, and Chapel Hill.
Wallingford, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020