While the city sleeps, recently acquired and repainted CEFX (CIT) SD9043MAC 105 makes a dramatic appearance rumbling through Rutland leading an ethanol train past the Howe Center at 03:59.

Expecting a leased SD 90MAC leading, I get a surprise, VTR 308 wearing the VTR red & white scheme on the point of an ethanol train! From the land of various paint schemes, this is a favorite of mi... (more)

Vermont Railway's newest addition to the locomotive fleet, GP38-3 207, a former North Carolina Virgina (NCVA) unit that arrived in grey and red paint via CEFX, is now on the road and in service. ... (more)

At least eight Vermont Rail System geeps spent Memorial Day Weekend resting in Rutland. Four are visible here. No. 308 is a former Boston & Maine unit.

After a late afternoon rain shower, clear skies returned to Rutland, Vt., and the sun bounced off of the raindrops on the coupler lift ring of NREX No. 4211. The roundness and softness of the rai... (more)

Heading for Bellows Falls with the train in reverse of normal testing setup, Vermont Rail System is using the Canadian Pacific Railway Geometry Train to evaluate the railroad's trackage following ... (more)

Having just turned the train on the Rutland wye and run the locomotive around to be in position to video and test westbound, the Canadian Pacific Railway's borrowed geometry train is seen ready to... (more)

"Private Property: No Trespassing." Every railroad photographer needs to identify and observe the "line in the sand." The Vermont Railway makes it easy at Park Street in Rutland. Dig... (more)

Preparing for what would eventually become a ceremonious first revenue trip over the restored Bellows Falls Subdivision after Irene's fury disable it nearly three weeks previous, the GMRC 263 trai... (more)

Former Canadian National E-10-a 2-6-0 89 is lettered GMR and is ready to lead a passenger excursion down the Green Mountain Railroad to Bellows Falls. It poses next to Vermont Railway Alco RS-1 40... (more)

In their first week of evaluation on the Vermont Rail System, CEFX GP15D 1509 and GP20D 2009 are teamed up to work the Florence to Rutland, VT local turn job, FLSW. The pair are seen passing the ... (more)

Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad train 263 is seen eastbound on the Bellows Falls Subdivision crossing Cuttingsville Trestle with the VTR GP40-2 308 and GMRC GP40 304 (VTR GP40-2W 311... (more)

Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad train 263 is seen working the Rutland Yard with VTR GP40-2 307, VTR GP40-2W 311, and GMRC GP40 304. The train will traverse the Bellows Falls Subdivi... (more)

The Sunday Salt Extra on the Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad Bellows Falls Subdivision is passing through the Rutland Yard Limits as it approaches the Green Mountain Railroad's Bello... (more)