Colorful Grind
Just another nice colorful shot from this fun solo chase on a damp cloudy fall morning.
Vermont Railway train 263 is grinding eastward on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision approaching the top of the hill having just crossed the first Summit Road crossing at MP 35.7 on this historic former Rutland mainline which opened between Bellows Falls and Burlington in 1849.
In the lead is SD70M-2 431 built in December 2006 for the Florida East Coast, and one of only two six axle units on the roster. She is trailed by three geeps (GMTX 2215, CLP 204, VTR 207) and thirty cars destined for Riverside Yard in Rockingham. The train is working hard and climbing steadily since leaving Rutland, and once they reach the 1518 ft crest of the Green Mountains at aptly named Summit Station they will have hoisted the train 1000 ft up in the 18 mile stretch.
Mount Holly, Vermont
Tuesday October 18, 2022
Colorful Grind
Just another nice colorful shot from this fun solo chase on a damp cloudy fall morning.
Vermont Railway train 263 is grinding eastward on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision approaching the top of the hill having just crossed the first Summit Road crossing at MP 35.7 on this historic former Rutland mainline which opened between Bellows Falls and Burlington in 1849.
In the lead is SD70M-2 431 built in December 2006 for the Florida East Coast, and one of only two six axle units on the roster. She is trailed by three geeps (GMTX 2215, CLP 204, VTR 207) and thirty cars destined for Riverside Yard in Rockingham. The train is working hard and climbing steadily since leaving Rutland, and once they reach the 1518 ft crest of the Green Mountains at aptly named Summit Station they will have hoisted the train 1000 ft up in the 18 mile stretch.
Mount Holly, Vermont
Tuesday October 18, 2022