Vermont Railway's Elf Express Christmas Train operated from Manchester to Arlington, VT with RS-1 GMRC 405 and GP40FH-2 VTR 313 providing an exceptional pair of locomotives for this years train. T... (more)

Vermont Railway's Elf Express Christmas Train operated from Manchester to Arlington, VT with RS-1 GMRC 405 and GP40FH-2 VTR 313 providing an exceptional pair of locomotives for this years train. T... (more)

Green Mountain RS1 #405 is seen sitting outside the roundhouse at Walpole.

Veteran Alco RS-1 GMRC 405 pulls out of Riverside yard with the newly painted VTR 209, one of several geeps that Vermont Railway is currently repainting to their red corporate color scheme.

The Vermont Rail Systems DASW (Bellows Fall Switcher) crew is seen using the 1951 Alco RS-1 built for the Rutland Railroad. As they finish their work day they are bringing VRS 207 over the stone a... (more)

Nearly seventy-one years after rolling out of the factory in Schenectady, Green Mountain (originally Rutland) 405 is still pulling revenue trains on home rails. Although used sparingly, today the ... (more)

The Bellows Falls Switcher is seen crossing the Connecticut River from North Walpole, NH to Bellows Falls, VT. The Alco RS-1 still in revenue service 71 years after rolling out of Schenectady is h... (more)

GMRC 405 approaches the yard at Bellows Falls, VT. The veteran Alco RS-1 is filling in as the DASW switcher while the regular loco is being serviced

Vermont Rail System found themselves power short once again in December 2021, and the last line of defense is Green Mountain 405 was called upon to handle the Bellows Falls area local duties. Here... (more)

A full month after being pulled out of winter hibernation, the Green Mountain Railroad Alco RS-1 is still going strong in weekly freight duties for Vermont Rail System. The Alco was reactivated f... (more)

The Christmas Miracle? Vermont Rail System has found itself short of motive power this winter and gone to the bullpen to bring in the veteran reliever, Alco RS-1 405, normally reserved for excurs... (more)

With available motive power tight, when the normal Bellows Falls switcher had to get some TLC, the veteran GRMC Alco RS-1 was called to service to handle switching duties. Seen on the causeway be... (more)

GMRC stretches her "legs" for the first time in 2021 put to work as the Riverside Switcher. Here she brings a car from the Bellows Falls yard across the causeway to Riverside Reload.

GMRC 405 (née-Rutland RS-1) leads the Fall Foliage Train from Chester to Ludlow at Church St. in Chester, VT.

The infamous GMRC 405! With the Governor of Vermont calling on all residents to spread some holiday cheer with the "Light the Way" initiative, the Vermont Rail System answered the call. ... (more)