Vermont Rail Systems train 263 is seen passing the covered bridge at Bartonsville.

Vermont Rail Systems 263 is seen stopped in Chester for lunch at a local market popular with railroaders and railfans.

Vermont Rail Systems train 263 is seen at Smithville. The leader is scheduled to receive the corporate red paint scheme in the near future.

Vermont Rail Systems 263 is seen headed toward Bellows Falls from Rutland. The train is passing through the rural farmlands outside the Town of Chester.

GMRC 263, the daily slurry from Rutland to Bellows Falls, stops at Chester for the crew to pick up Coffee & Donuts. The improper blue leader seen just north of the station is cutting fresh trails ... (more)

263 is seen heading around the sweeping curve near Okemo in Ludlow, VT on 11/21/2020. We would follow the train back to Rutland once it reached it's destination of Bellows Falls

263 is seen crossing Belmont Road in Belmont, VT, behind 431, and two leasers bracketing CLP GP40-2 306 on 11/21/2020

A 52 car Green Mountain 263 lead by 5 engine all EMD lash up comes around the curve in the Town of Rockingham on beautiful New England fall day.

Vermont Railroad SD70M-2 and 2 GMTX GP38-2s have their hands full with 43 loaded limestone slurry car as they approach the summit of the eastbound grade at Mt. Holly.

VRS train 263 rolls downgrade through Gassetts on its way to the Pan Am Interchange at Bellows Falls.

VRS train 263 slowly rolls downgrade into Ludlow Vermont with 42 loaded cars of limestone slurry bound for the interchange with Pan Am Railways in Bellows Falls.

I snuck into Kevin Burkholder territory (with permission) for a shot of the world famous 431. Here she is leading two leasers deep in Cavendish Gulf on the former Green Mountain Railroad (ex Rutl... (more)

Freshly-painted Vermont Railway SD70M-2 leads eastward train 263 across Depot Street on the run from Rutland to Riverside Yard outside of Bellows Falls.