Moments before the train hit the crossing in the distance a wall of snow came into view which I thought was a drift being busted. It turned out to be an SUV that slid of the road into a wall (abou... (more)
We fell behind the train due to a detour around a closed portion of Rte. 103, and we arrived a few minutes after #263. Luckily, the crew stopped behind the station to pick up lunch at the general ... (more)
#263 crawls through, actually above, the town of Ludlow. The train is seen at the station site (behind photographer) with a very popular vacation spot at this time of year, Mt. Okemo, in the backg... (more)
The engineer of VTR 301 notches it up as #263 crosses the trestle at East Wallingford. It was great getting a "field" of untouched snow to include in the shot which one will never get in the NJ-NY... (more)
After unsuccessfully driving around the entire town of Rutland looking for train we finally decided to sit and wait at the first spot of our chase. After an hour and a half the red nose of the GP4... (more)
Drift bustin'! VTR 310 leads #263 east/south through a small drift in the village of Brockways Mills. Note the snow in front of the headlight creating a small beam.
VTR 310 shoves a cut of limestone slurry cars back towards the rest of the consist. The conductor seems to disappear in the 30 inches of snow while waiting for the connecion.
Although the Green Mountain Railroad may not have been going to Grandfather's house, the "over the river and through the woods" rings true with the GMRC right-of-way. The freight is seen here in ... (more)
GMRC train 263 (Rutland to Riverside/Bellows Falls, VT) cruises sout/east through East Clarendon, VT.
The Green Mountain Railroad still plays a vital link connecting New England traffic from the NECR at Bellows Falls to the Canadian Pacific at Whitehall. GMRC train 263 forwarding much of this tra... (more)
The 263 job passes some pumpkins for sale at a local road side farm stand in E. Wallingford, VT.
Green Mountain 263 heads south-east for Bellows falls passing through the colorful Cavendish Gulf.
263 passes by the historic Bartonsville Covered Bridge spanning the Williams River. Built in 1871, its the second to the longest timber span in the state. Vermont's covered bridges are among the ... (more)
Green Mountain Railroad train 264 approaches Route 140 and a road side farm stand selling mums, pumpkins, and gourds on a crisp fall day in Vermont.
Fall colors engulf Green Mountain train 263 in the Cavendish Gulf.
