VERMONT RAILWAY (VR)
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Historical Snapshot: * Incorporated January 6, 1964 to operate the state owned former Rutland Railroad (abandoned 1963) 125 mile line from White Creek, New York via Burlington to Benington, Vermont. * 1967 - Company entered into intermodal business. * 1972 - Bought parallel Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad and abandoned most of the maine line keeping its customer spurs and sidings. Also purchased Delaware & Hudson branch from Rutland, Vermont to Whitehall. New York. * 1997 - Acquired controlling interest Green Mountain Railroad, North Walpole, Newhamshire to Rutland, Vermont. It continues to operate under its own entity. * 1999 - Acquired control of the Washington County Railroad's two divisions and the port terminal railroad the New York and Ogdensburg. * 2008 - All now operate under what is termed the "Vermont Railway System". All views in this section are copyrighted by photographer Al Tillotson and are for reference only!
VR GP40 diesel #301 Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40 diesel #301 East Wallingford, Vermont, October 22, 2007: Vermont Railway GP40 diesel locomotive #301 leads a train across a high bridge in autumn. -------------------- VR GP40 diesel #301 view "A" Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40 diesel #301 Bedford Falls, Vermont, January 29, 2004: Vermont Railway diesel #301, GP40, basks in the winter sun. -------------------- VR GP40-2 diesel #303" Image, Vermont Railway GP40-2 diesel #303 on bridge West Barnet, Vermont, October 5, 2007: Vermont Railway GP40-2 diesel #303 on a freight train is seen coming off a short bridge. -------------------- VR GP40-2 diesels #303 & #301 Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40-2 diesels #303 & #301 Rutland, Vermont, July 28, 2005: Vermont Railway diesels GP40-2 #303 and GP40 #301 work a freight train #263 upgrade. -------------------- VR GP40-2 diesel #307 Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40-2 diesel #307/frt Newbury, Vermont, March 21, 2007: A short winter freight pulled by Vermont Railway EMD GP40-2 diesel locomotive #307 is sen in snow. -------------------- VR GP40-2 diesel #307 view "A" Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40-2 diesel #307/frt North Thetford, Vermont, October 22, 2007: A lone Vermont Railway GP40-2 diesel locomotive #307 leads a short freight through an open valley. -------------------- VR GP40-2 diesels #307 + Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP40-2 diesels #307 + Ludlow, Vermont, October 13, 2006: Vermont Railway diesels EMD GP40-2 #307 and ? pause at the old depot. -------------------- VR GP60 diesel #318 Image, Vermont Railway EMD GP60 diesels #381 + Brockway Mills, Vermont, October 14, 2002: A Vermont Railway GP60 diesel locomotive #381 is on the point of a 2-unit freight about to cross a bridge. The second unit looks to be a Gilford diesel. --------------------
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