This video isn't filled with the Pan Am detours that have been running around the Vermont Rail System lately, but there are some clips later in this video. Most of the catches in this video took place before the detours started running around here. I'm uploading this video very early because I have a lot of catches in this video.
Welcome to Trains on the Vermont Rail System, featuring trains on the Vermont Railway mainline between Burlington and Bennington, the Clarendon and Pittsford mainline between Rutland and Whitehall, New York, as well as the spur in Florence, and the Green Mountain Railroad line between Rutland and Bellows Falls.
(0:35) GMRC 263 12/07/19: Four locomotives, led by a GMTX leaser with an amazing Canadian-tuned horn, stop at the Windcrest yard south of Rutland, VT. The engines uncouple from the train, ride down the siding to pick up OMYA cars, then ride back onto the main and hook up to the rest of the train.
(7:10) After a helicopter flies overhead, the train begins the climb up the mountain as it crosses Vermont Route 103. I wasn't going to include this clip but it was too awesome to not upload.
GMTX 2674 (GP38-2), VTR 307 (GP40-2), VTR 308 (GP40-2), VTR 432 (SD70M-2)
(8:48) Rutland Santa Train 12/07/19: Rolling alongside Vermont Route 103
(9:30) The same train with a different leading engine, rolling by the same location.
GMTX 2205 (GP38-2), VTR (WACR) 202 (GP38-2)
(10:08) Florence Switcher (FLSW) 12/03/19: The Florence Switcher, headed by two GP38-2s, climbs a steep hill on it's way to the OMYA Limestone plant with slurry cars.
GMTX 2215 (GP38-2), VTR 201 (GP38-2)
(11:50) Florence Switcher (FLSW) 12/26/19: 'Twas the day after Christmas, and the FLSW was heading north in the town of Pittsford, VT.
VTR 201 (GP38-2), GMTX 2215 (GP38-2)
(13:12) GMRC 263 12/28/19: GMRC 263, led by "Big Red" VTR 431, climbs the mountain with a rather short train for a Saturday. Watch your speakers!
VTR 431 (SD70M-2), VTR 308 (GP40-2), GMTX 2205 (GP38-2)
(15:23) RDHJ/B&R Job 12/29/19: The same consist as the day before now leads the Rutland to Hoosick Junction (NY) turn, as it passes by a Green Mountain National Forest sign. Deleted clip from this chase: [ Ссылка ]
VTR 431 (SD70M-2), VTR 308 (GP40-2), GMTX 2205 (GP38-2)
(19:08) BDRD 01/12/20: The first daylight Burlington to Rutland train in a while passes by the Vermont Marble Museum in Proctor with a long-hood forward engine and a rare appearance of an SD70 on this line.
(20:20) The train now echoes along the surrounding mountains as it passes through the antique Center Rutland crossing. These signals might not be here for too much longer.
(21:30) The train now crosses both West Streets in Rutland, with the second crossing being one of the longest horn sequences I have ever heard.
VTR 207 (GP38-2), VTR 432 (SD70M-2)
(24:34) BDRD 01/13/20: BDRD, highlighted by a trailing MP15 engine, throttles up through Pittsford, VT on a rather cloudy afternoon.
VTR 202 (GP38-2), GMTX 2663 (GP38-2), GMTX 2205 (GP38-2), GMTX 318 (MP15)
(25:59) 11R (Pan Am Detour) 02/26/20: Four Pan Am Railways engines (three B40-8s and a GP40) make their way through Manchester, VT with a big train.
(29:00) The train now passes through a rural crossing in Arlington, VT, coming to a halt by the end of the clip.
MEC 5967 (B40-8), MEC 352 (GP40), MEC 5966 (B40-8), MEC 5973 (B40-8)
(35:11) Amtrak 296 02/23/20: A Sunday evening Amtrak train makes it's way under the US-4 overpass in West Rutland.
(35:58) Norfolk Southern 27W 03/01/20: In another history-making move for the Vermont Rail System, 5 Norfolk Southern GP38-2s roar up the Green Mountain Gateway. The rest of this chase coming soon!
NS 5609 (GP38-2), NS 5667 (GP38-2), NS 5623 (GP38-2), NS 5666 (GP38-2), NS 5663 (GP38-2)
BONUS CLIPS from fall 2019:
(40:51) Amtrak 296 Early September 2019: A Sunday evening Amtrak train passes by just down the tracks from the first Amtrak location in this video.
(41:54) CLP 264 10/11/19: The awesome sounding Canadian-tuned horn on GMTX 2674 echoes through West Rutland, VT.
Filmed by: Jonathan, Videographer
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