AAPRCO Special at Fairhaven
The AAPRCO's Autumn Explorer is eastbound on Vermont Rail System's Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad mainline at MP A85.95. The A prefix is the mileage as measured from Albany, NY the headquarters city of this line's historic owner, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The trackage through here was built by a D&H predecessor in 1850 and the old brick depot was built by the D&H around 1890. Passenger service ended in 1936 and the derelict and nearly abandoned branch to Whitehall was sold to the Vermont Railway in 1983 and operated as the Clarendon and Pittsford (itself a small historic marble hauling road acquired by the VTR in 1972). Astonishingly after a six decade hiatus daily passenger service returned to these rails in the form of the state of Vermont sponsored Amtrak Ethan Allen Express from Albany. It's thanks to this service and the availability of Amtrak qualified crews and pre existing trackage rights that the AAPRCO charter was able to operate from Albany to Rutland with ease. The long abandoned and vacant station is allegedly owned by the railroad and has an uncertain fate.
The train left Albany-Rensselaer in the morning behind two Amtrak P42s as extra train 863 and traveled up CP's ex D&H Canadian main. At Whitehall they diverged on to CLP mainline. Ahead in Rutland the Amtrak power will be 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. The following day 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.
Fair Haven, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020
AAPRCO Special at Fairhaven
The AAPRCO's Autumn Explorer is eastbound on Vermont Rail System's Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad mainline at MP A85.95. The A prefix is the mileage as measured from Albany, NY the headquarters city of this line's historic owner, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The trackage through here was built by a D&H predecessor in 1850 and the old brick depot was built by the D&H around 1890. Passenger service ended in 1936 and the derelict and nearly abandoned branch to Whitehall was sold to the Vermont Railway in 1983 and operated as the Clarendon and Pittsford (itself a small historic marble hauling road acquired by the VTR in 1972). Astonishingly after a six decade hiatus daily passenger service returned to these rails in the form of the state of Vermont sponsored Amtrak Ethan Allen Express from Albany. It's thanks to this service and the availability of Amtrak qualified crews and pre existing trackage rights that the AAPRCO charter was able to operate from Albany to Rutland with ease. The long abandoned and vacant station is allegedly owned by the railroad and has an uncertain fate.
The train left Albany-Rensselaer in the morning behind two Amtrak P42s as extra train 863 and traveled up CP's ex D&H Canadian main. At Whitehall they diverged on to CLP mainline. Ahead in Rutland the Amtrak power will be 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. The following day 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.
Fair Haven, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020