Picking Up The Loads
My day out offered some challenging clouds and as you've seen I certainly didn't get all the shots I was hoping for but the light here was by far the best of the day and worthy of sharing a few!
After setting out all the empties at Barre Transfer on the old main (ex CV) Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad headed back west light engine with GMRC 804 (a GP9r blt. Oct. 1955 as NW 13) and red VTR 206 (a GP38-3 206 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38). They are now seen back on the old main at the other end picking up the outbound loads they'd left here earlier to take them down to Montpelier Junction yard to the NECR interchange. This is about MP 2.3 on the Washington County Railroad's Montpelier and Barre Division and the aptly named Gin Lane crossing in the foreground leads to the Bar Hill distillery behind me.
Interestingly the former CV trackage including both bridges (the thru truss span at the east end and the thru girder span here) was ultimately not abandoned and was actually tied in with switches on both ends and is used as a storage track called appropriately enough the 'Old Main'.
Montpelier, Vermont
Friday August 1, 2025
Picking Up The Loads
My day out offered some challenging clouds and as you've seen I certainly didn't get all the shots I was hoping for but the light here was by far the best of the day and worthy of sharing a few!
After setting out all the empties at Barre Transfer on the old main (ex CV) Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad headed back west light engine with GMRC 804 (a GP9r blt. Oct. 1955 as NW 13) and red VTR 206 (a GP38-3 206 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38). They are now seen back on the old main at the other end picking up the outbound loads they'd left here earlier to take them down to Montpelier Junction yard to the NECR interchange. This is about MP 2.3 on the Washington County Railroad's Montpelier and Barre Division and the aptly named Gin Lane crossing in the foreground leads to the Bar Hill distillery behind me.
Interestingly the former CV trackage including both bridges (the thru truss span at the east end and the thru girder span here) was ultimately not abandoned and was actually tied in with switches on both ends and is used as a storage track called appropriately enough the 'Old Main'.
Montpelier, Vermont
Friday August 1, 2025