Little fanfare
Back in July of 1990, the Central Vermont experienced a washout on the Roxbury Sub crippling the north-south mainline for several days. This warranted a one time detour over the Vermont and Green Mountains Railways'. The train encountered several obstacles on the trip south, including derailing on the VTR near Burlington. My friend Leo Landry who was on the track department at the Green Mountain tipped off a certain few of this impending move the night before from his "office" then in Bellows Falls, VT. I recall that early summer morning there was only about 3 chasers on the trip south from Ludlow to Brattleboro. Here CV train 444 with GT 4606 leading 4 more assorted high and low hood GP-9s passing the former Rutland station on Rte 103 in downtown Chester, VT on July 22, 1990. It is certainly hard to believe this was 30 years ago and to think how much has changed in the New England railroad scene. I can't even imagine the mob scene it would be if this were to happen today.
Little fanfare
Back in July of 1990, the Central Vermont experienced a washout on the Roxbury Sub crippling the north-south mainline for several days. This warranted a one time detour over the Vermont and Green Mountains Railways'. The train encountered several obstacles on the trip south, including derailing on the VTR near Burlington. My friend Leo Landry who was on the track department at the Green Mountain tipped off a certain few of this impending move the night before from his "office" then in Bellows Falls, VT. I recall that early summer morning there was only about 3 chasers on the trip south from Ludlow to Brattleboro. Here CV train 444 with GT 4606 leading 4 more assorted high and low hood GP-9s passing the former Rutland station on Rte 103 in downtown Chester, VT on July 22, 1990. It is certainly hard to believe this was 30 years ago and to think how much has changed in the New England railroad scene. I can't even imagine the mob scene it would be if this were to happen today.