On a cloudy cold Sunday, a gaggle of railfans gathers at the crossing of the famed E.C.Crosby former hardware store as a 16R detour train heads north to Rutland. The partial collapse of the Hoosac... (more)

A detour 16R with an awesome combination of VTR EMD & Pan Am GE four axle power, passes the RK Miles Lumber facility as it heads north to Rutland out of Hoosick Junction on a cloudy Sunday morning... (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)

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)

Spring if finally sprung as the ice on the Connecticut River and and in Webb Pond has mostly receded and Vermont Rail System traffic is heavy. The head end of the Bellows Falls local, symbol DASW... (more)

With all the leased power roaming across Vermont Rail System today, scenes like this have mostly become a thing of the past: VTR GP40-2W #310 leads CLP GP38-2 #204 as they bring Green Mountain Tra... (more)

NRHS convention-goers shoot a southbound Vermont Rail System freight heading to Rutland from Burlington as the northbound convention special holds the siding at the old Charlotte commuter station.

A trio of red VRS Geep’s have crossed into NY moving light to pick up a single load from Walloomsac Metal Recycling. There will be no interchange with Pan Am today and after pushing the loaded car... (more)

VTR GP40-2W #310 leads the B&R job south past nice Fall color and a classic rural Vermont scene as it crosses Norse Lodge Road in Mt. Tabor, VT on its way to North Bennington.

The VRS 50th Anniversary Excursion train glides past the Arlington Station with several railfans to greet it. The train is on the return from it's second run to Manchester, VT and is bound for Nor... (more)

On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Vermont Rail System operated two special 50th Anniversary excursions between North Bennington, Vermont and Manchester, Vermont. Here, the second excursion is just about... (more)

Vermont Rail System 50th Anniversary excursion train deadhead move to Rutland rolls NB between North Bennington and South Shaftsbury.

The weekend of December 10 and 11 saw the Vermont Rail System operate a pair of Polar Express trains - one based in White River Jct. and the other in Burlington. The 1400 hr train departs Burling... (more)

In a somewhat typical fall weather pattern, fog has overspread the summit of the Green Mountains on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision. Nearing the crest of the hill is the G... (more)