Since a recent collapse has closed the Hoosac Tunnel for an indefinite amount of time, Pan Am and Pan Am Southern are detouring their manifest trains over Vermont Rail Systems trackage. On Februar... (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)

In mid-February 2020, the Hoosac Tunnel partially collapsed on Pan Am Railways. Genral freight trains are being re-routed on the Vermont Railway, and intermodal on the CSX Boston Line. This means ... (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. VTR 307 (ex-SSW GP40-2... (more)

Since a recent collapse has closed the Hoosac Tunnel for an indefinite amount of time, Pan Am and Pan Am Southern are detouring their manifest trains over Vermont Rail Systems trackage. On Februar... (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)

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)