On April 14th, 2025, Amtrak P42DC #125, painted in Phase VII, leads southbound Vermonter Train 57 over the Connecticut River from Holyoke into Chicopee, Massachusetts on the MassDOT Connecticut River Line.
Once treated like a backwater with decrepit locomotives, cars and track, Massachusetts has become a star in the Amtrak constellation with electrification to Boston, service to Maine and an upgraded Connecticut Valley line.
The successor to the Montrealer, the Vermonter runs between St. Albans, Vt., and Washington, DC. Much of the northern part of the route runs along the Connecticut and White Rivers.
