264 Crossing Cuttingsville
Here is a look back to another favorite shot from 2018 that I'd not shared before. This was from my first trip back to the old Green Mountain Railroad in decades after recently moving back to New England (though I've made many more since). I intercepted the Saturday unit slurry train (263) and followed it down to Bellows Falls then chased 264 back west up and over the mountains.
Here is westbound 264 crossing the famed Cuttingsville Trestle over the Mill River and VT Route 103 at about MP 40.7 on the modern day Vermont Rail System's Bellows Falls Subdivision, the former Rutland Green Mountain mainline. The 412 ft. long double- intersection Warren deck truss bridge was built in 1895 by Rochester Bridge and Iron Works.
Leading the train in VRS company red is Clarendon and Pittsford 204 an EMD GP38-2 blt. Oct. 1973 as SCL 528. And trailing can be seen the nose of the famous VTR 431 an EMD SD70M-2 blt. Dec. 2006 as FEC 101.
Wallingford, Vermont
Saturday July 28, 2018
264 Crossing Cuttingsville
Here is a look back to another favorite shot from 2018 that I'd not shared before. This was from my first trip back to the old Green Mountain Railroad in decades after recently moving back to New England (though I've made many more since). I intercepted the Saturday unit slurry train (263) and followed it down to Bellows Falls then chased 264 back west up and over the mountains.
Here is westbound 264 crossing the famed Cuttingsville Trestle over the Mill River and VT Route 103 at about MP 40.7 on the modern day Vermont Rail System's Bellows Falls Subdivision, the former Rutland Green Mountain mainline. The 412 ft. long double- intersection Warren deck truss bridge was built in 1895 by Rochester Bridge and Iron Works.
Leading the train in VRS company red is Clarendon and Pittsford 204 an EMD GP38-2 blt. Oct. 1973 as SCL 528. And trailing can be seen the nose of the famous VTR 431 an EMD SD70M-2 blt. Dec. 2006 as FEC 101.
Wallingford, Vermont
Saturday July 28, 2018