The power of the '263' rolls under and impressive and colorful mountain that seems to just stick up out of the valley.
Between CHester and Bartonsville #263 rumbles past this cornfield sleeping for the winter. The stalks sticking out of the snow are actually 2-3 feet tall!
VTR 301 crosses the truss bridge in Proctorsville built in 1897 for the Rutland. It's amazing to see 'modern' technology going over/through such an antique structure.
VTR 301 and #263 glide over the Cuttingsville Trestle with no cars on Rte. 103 below on a picture-perfect Saturday morning
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)
Vermont 301 heading into River st yard after dropping cars from Omya
GP40 #301, GMT #305, GP38 #204 & GP18 801 are westbound headed back to Rutland.
BRRD southbound across the New Haven River.