In honor of VRS's 60th anniversary, Trains Magazine hosted a 2-day charter that used Green Mountain Railroad RS-1 #405, put back in it's original Rutland lettering, to run from Rutland to Bellows ... (more)

Holiday Special The 208 prepares to lead the Christmas Extra back towards Rutland after a 4-6" snow. Glad to catch this shot in a peak of light as I timed this with a Killington Ski t... (more)

VTR Red, Green Trees, White Snow The Christmas Extra prepares to head back towards Rutland with the new (1yr) VTR GP40FH-2 313 "Clement M. D'Avignon" trailing after a 4-6" snow. Glad to cat... (more)

Christmas Extra in Town The quaint VT town watches as the Christmas Extra prepares to head back towards Rutland with the new (1yr) VTR GP40FH-2 313 "Clement M. D'Avignon" trailing... (more)

GMRC 405 at Thompson Road with a Trains Magazine Photo Charter in Chester, VT.

GMRC 264 about to pass northbound past the old Green Mountain station seen from the platform lead by 5 red VTR units.

VTR 201 and 431 lead train 264 from Rockingham to Rutland, VT past a harvested corn field off Missing Link Road in Chester, VT. GP38-2 201 was just repainted with VRS lettering instead of VTR.

VTR 201 and 431 lead GMRC train 264 at Church Street in Chester, VT. 201 is a GP38-2 built in 1972 for the Vermont Railway and just received a fresh coat of paint with a VRS logo.

VTR 431 and freshly-painted 201 lead Green Mountain Railroad train 263 east at Missing Link Road in Chester, VT. The train passes a harvested corn field on its journey from Rutland to Rockingham.

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

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.

Vermont Railway GMRC 264 at Chester. The sign for GMRC fall passenger train rides still stands but sadly no trains would operate during the fall season.

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)

With Covid making the rounds among the crews at VRS, customer service requirements dictated sending a Bellows Falls-based crew to run west to Rutland and back with freight. This would be the firs... (more)

Vermont Railway's GMRC 264 crosses the Williams River at Chester with a solid red lashup of the VTR 431, 307 and 206.