The first Norfolk Southern loaded autorack train detoured via Canadian Pacific from Schenectady, NY to Whitehall, NY (as CP train 961), then was picked up by a VRS crew for the trip to Bellows Fal... (more)

In another historic move for the Vermont Rail System, the first Norfolk Southern loaded autorack train detoured via Canadian Pacific from Schenectady, NY to Whitehall, NY (as CP train 961), then w... (more)

Hanging the drone in the tree, not quite literally, but framing the GMRC 263 upgrade at East Wallingford, VT, with GMTX 2663, VTR 206, GMTX 2684, and VTR 432!

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)

Pan Am detour train 11R-24 is pulling toward Riverside Yard in Rockingham, Vermont, on the GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision. The train is on the causeway splitting the Connecticut River (NH) and We... (more)

Pan Am detour train 16R-16 is rolling along the Williams River and past the 2012 rebuilt Bartonsville covered bridge on Feb. 16, with MEC B40-8s 5946, 5936, 5930, 5943, VTR GP40-2 303 and GP40-2L ... (more)

Pan Am detour train 16R-19 is using the Vermont Rail System detour route on February 19, as MEC B40-8s 5946, 5936, 5930, and 5976 lead VTR 310 and 71 cars over the GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision. ... (more)

The Tuesday, February 18 Pan Am Southern detour train 11R-18 is seen passing the Chester Depot station in with Vermont Railway GP40-2L 310 leading Pan Am B40-8s 5976, 5930, 5936, and 5946, and dis... (more)

On Monday, February 17, Pan Am Southern detour train 11R-17 is seen downgrade from the summit of the Green Mountains at Mt. Holly, Vermont. The 98-car (36Lx62E, 6700-ton) detour run is led by VTR... (more)

The Sunday, February 16, Pan Am Southern 16R-16 detour train is seen arriving at Riverside Yard in Rockingham, Vermont, with a quartet of former NYSW B40-8s turned MEC 5946, 5936, 5930, and 5943, ... (more)

As if the Pan Am Railways detours on Vermont Rail System were not historic enough, Pan Am assembled a 5-unit motive power set for detour train 11R-15, that consisted of all company painted B40-8s ... (more)

As if the Pan Am Railways detours on Vermont Rail System were not historic enough, Pan Am assembled a 5-unit motive power set for detour train 11R-15, that consisted of all company painted B40-8s ... (more)

As detour trains for Pan Am Southern settle in on the Vermont Rail System, a daylight morning PAS 11R detour, East Deerfield, MA to Binghamton, NY, departs Rutland after the locomotives swapped en... (more)

As detour trains for Pan Am Southern settle in on the Vermont Rail System, a daylight morning PAS 11R detour, East Deerfield, MA to Binghamton, NY, is seen passing over the Mill River on the famou... (more)

Following an early morning February 12, partial tunnel collapse in the famed B&M (Pan Am Southern) Hoosac Tunnel, detour plans were put in motion for freight traffic to utilize Vermont Rail System... (more)