Norwich Curve
Just another from this fun rainy summer Saturday chasing Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad train NPWJ (Newport to White River Junction) south along the old Conn River Line. This is a signature location dating back to Boston and Maine days and the images of long drags behind mixed B&M blue and CP red locos are things of dreams these days. Alas getting a freight long enough to fill up the curve is very rare these days and will only happen under extraordinary circumstances, though a few people have gotten some killer big train shots here in the not too distant past
A pair of company red EMDs, GP38-2s CLP 204 (blt. Oct. 1973 as SCL 528) and VTR 201 (blt. Dec. 1972 new for the VTR) have two cars in tow as they round the sweeping curve beside tje Connecticut River at MP L97.4 on modern day WACR's Connecticut River Division Lyndonville Subdivision. This is the former Boston and Maine Conn River Line main which dates from 1848 when the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad built north from White River Junction.
Norwich, Vermont
Saturday June 22, 2024
Norwich Curve
Just another from this fun rainy summer Saturday chasing Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad train NPWJ (Newport to White River Junction) south along the old Conn River Line. This is a signature location dating back to Boston and Maine days and the images of long drags behind mixed B&M blue and CP red locos are things of dreams these days. Alas getting a freight long enough to fill up the curve is very rare these days and will only happen under extraordinary circumstances, though a few people have gotten some killer big train shots here in the not too distant past
A pair of company red EMDs, GP38-2s CLP 204 (blt. Oct. 1973 as SCL 528) and VTR 201 (blt. Dec. 1972 new for the VTR) have two cars in tow as they round the sweeping curve beside tje Connecticut River at MP L97.4 on modern day WACR's Connecticut River Division Lyndonville Subdivision. This is the former Boston and Maine Conn River Line main which dates from 1848 when the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad built north from White River Junction.
Norwich, Vermont
Saturday June 22, 2024