MEC 5967 leads a four-pack of B40-8s, VTR 303, 310, and a nearly 100-car general freight train southbound on Vermont Rail System's Bennington Branch somewhere along Route 7 in Dorset, VT. Train 11... (more)

"PL-Extra at Waterbury"

On the morning of August 26th, 2022, the CSX/Berkshire & Eastern Railroad (soon-to-be formerly Pan Am Railways) "PL-Extra", with GE B40-8 5967 leading, enter... (more)

Because of the Hoosac Tunnel collapse many of the Pan Am and Pan Am Southern trains were diverted over VRS track. Several of us caught this headed south from Rutland at bridge by Mill River Lumbe... (more)

Having cleared the 10mph speed restriction at West River, the engineer of train 16R has all 4 B40-8s roaring, as they scoot across the frozen Connecticut River in the causeways just south of Bratt... (more)

The first of three daylight trains on the VRS GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision, the detouring ST (PAS) RJED and operating as VRS detour 1 or 16R-A, is seen passing the Bartonsville Covered Bridge wi... (more)

Pan Am Railways train 11R (E. Deerfield, MA-Mechanicville, NY) is seen taking the scenic route through Vermont due to a partial collapse of the Hoosac Tunnel in Florida, MA. MEC 5967 is seen leadi... (more)

Pan Am train 11R detours over the Vermont Railway climbing the grade along Sunderland Road en route to Hoosick Jct. Pan Am has been detouring this train over the Vermont Rail System to avoid the c... (more)

Pan Am detour train 16R-26 is eastbound on the VRS Green Mountain Railroad Bellows Falls Subdivision with MEC B40-8 5967 leading GP40 352, B40-8 5966 and B40-8 5973 as it breaks the midnight silen... (more)

A frozen aggacultural setting makes for a great scene as a detoured Pan Am 16R rolls into East Northfield. A sting of luck has happened with these detours keeping those rolling dumpster fire CSX p... (more)

Detoured train Pan Am train 16R passes a Boston & Maine searchlight signal as it makes its way south on the New England Central Railroad at Westminster, VT

Looking north from the Mill Street crossing we see the southbound Pan Am 16R detour train passing through the 278 ft long tunnel under the center of the village of Bellows Falls.

The... (more)

The city of Rutland is in the distance behind Pan Am Railway's detour train 11R as it leaves the Rutland yard limits on the B&R sub. Pan Am has been detouring their trains over the Vermont Rail Sy... (more)

Detoured train 16R with B40-8 5967 leading 3 other B40-8s blasts across the stone arch bridge over the Fall River in Bernardston, MA.

As a result of the partial collapse of the Hoosac Tunnel, Pan Am manifest trains have been running a circuitous route from Hoosick Jct, NY to Bellows Falls over the Vermont Rail System. Here we se... (more)

Pan Am 11R leaves the city of Rutland behind as it approaches Mill River Lumber in North Clarendon, VT where a small army of railfans waits to photograph it at this "must shoot" location... (more)