As a result of the partial collapse of the Hoosac Tunnel, Pan Am manifest trains have been running a circuitous route from Hoosick Jct, NY to Bellows Falls over the Vermont Rail System. Here we se... (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)

CTrail 4405 passing through the conservation lands in Longmeadow, MA.

Amtrak train number 55 arrives into White River Junction about 5 minutes behind schedule as passengers eagerly wait outside in the freezing morning temperatures.

Winter is well underway as an eastbound Penn Central freight led by a GP40 and three U25Bs passes the old Boston & Albany freight house at West Springfield, MA, on its way into the yard.

In Meriden, CTrail 4405 just passed under the Camp Street and Interstate 691 overpasses and will be making its scheduled 11:38am station stop, which is behind the photographer.

VTR 308 leads the GMRC 263 as it passes through Ludlow on its journey from Rutland to Bellows Falls

Rainy run north in Vermont.

The VRS Washington County Railroad’s Newport to White River Jct., VT train NPWJ-02 is seen at sunset on January 2, with VTR GP40-2 303 and GP40-2L 310 leading the 51-car southbound. Lighting wi... (more)

NECR 611 hammers through Vernon, VT with 3 SD40-2s and 103 cars of mixed freight. The train would later stall on Belchertown Hill due to its weight, but while it lasted the 3 SD's made a great sho... (more)

Vermont Rail System may be looking to standardize the loco fleet with GP38-2 models, making 2 of the 3 units on this GMRC train 263 surplus. VTR GP40-2 307, leads VTR SD70M-2 432 and GMTX GP38-2 ... (more)

Springtime in the Berkshires
The fresh greenery of springtime abounds as Conrail’s FRSE-2 freight, led by GE C30-7A No. 6579, passes milepost 129 on the old Boston & Albany line west o... (more)

Train 92 from Sherbrooke QC arrives at the north end of Newport yard. This was a fourth class, daily except Sunday train that ran from Sherbooke to Newport over the Quebec Central Railway, a CPR ... (more)

Train 50 has a short consist as it arrives in Lyndonville The daily except Sunday fourth class freight worked between Newport and Wells River. It was a turn that returned as Train 51.