After dropping a car and picking up two others, the Conductor of NECR southbound 611 lines the hand-thrown derail for the siding. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F. ... (more)
NECR southbound 611 enters the siding at Vernon-Yankee in Vernon, VT to set off a tank car and pick up a tank and a hopper. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F. Two SD... (more)
NECR southbound 611 slows to a stop at the Yankee siding in Vernon, VT to set off a tank car and pick up a tank and a hopper. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F.
The Southbound 611 crew hustles past the station sign for Vernon at 7:59am with track warrant in hand to proceed from Milepost 119 to 70. Engines are NECR 3476, 3405 and 3317 with about 40 cars.
With detours continuing to circumvent the Hoosac Tunnel on Pan Am Railway's NS has started to help supply power to the detour trains running via Vermont Rail System and New England Central. Here w... (more)