CN's smaller US roads seemed to flip power around every now and then in the 70's and 80's. The group of RS-11's made a couple trips from the CV to the DWP. Geeps also were swapped fairly often bet... (more)

Back in 1998 an empty grain train pulls out of the siding at West Scales Mound. The train is enroute to western Iowa for grain loading. The late 90's had lots of geeps and CN acquired properties p... (more)

With a mid afternoon storm approaching, a Central Vermont, Montreal to St Albans, VT train eases across the mile long trestle at the entrance to Missisquoi Bay. Mixed CV and GT power on both road'... (more)

New London CT. to St Albans VT Train is northbound on B&M's Conn. River Line trackage. Ahead is Claremont Jct. and White River Jct. photographer is Ken Patton.

North Paris local switching the Grand Trunk Yard during the era when the former DW&P Alcos were operating on the CV and Grand Trunk systems.

Originally equipped with a stream generator for passenger service.

Central Vermont GP9 #4445 was delivered new in 1956 to Grand Trunk (GT 1771), re# to GT 4445, then to CV #4445. After CV service, unit became SLR 4445, then re# 1766. Wrecked and scrapped 12/11/19... (more)

In my old capacity as a used locomotive (and everything else) dealer I can honestly say this unit is "looooaded". Big tank, snow plow, flexicoil trucks, marker lights, handrails, exhaust silencer... (more)

Called RS-11s but really unique, these units have only recently been tranferred to Vermonth and this appears to be the first repainted for its new owner.

Three high-hood Geeps, one a "torpedo boat" with air reservoirs topside, power train 555 northward across the Trading Cove trestle from Uncasville into Norwich just before 7:00 PM. Today the firs... (more)

I made my first trip to New England in 1985 right after the Guilford merger but before too many units were repainted. One thing I didn't expect to find was a Central Vermont unit switching in Port... (more)

The daily northbound freight. I forget if it was the 444 or 447 but it is almost to the end of the days run and will be arriving St. Albans very soon. As I recall their was a CN caboose in the mid... (more)

The Central Vermont RS11's came from the Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific and ended up on the original Grand Trunk Railway in Maine.