It's a rainy October day in Middlebury, Vermont as the AAPRCO special heads south down the VTR Northern Subdivision after an overnight stay in Burlington. A VTR GP38-3 leads two Amtrak P42's as th... (more)

BDRD passes by the Otter Creek in Middlebury in the late afternoon

Vermont Rail Systems Burlington to Rutland train BDRD is seen emerging from the tunnel at Middlebury. Freshly painted 206 is leading the train. This locomotive was built as a straight GP38 for the... (more)

A perfectly-timed sucker hole of sunshine illuminates VTR Train BDRD as it heads south through downtown Middlebury, Vermont with two, recently-repainted GP38-2s for power: VTR 209 and VTR 201.

Two freshly painted VTR GP38s, 209 and 201, lead BDRD through Middlebury

VTR 209 makes one of its first revenue runs in corporate colors on the "Champlain Valley Dinner Train" on 9/24/2022, seen here at Middlebury, VT

Freshly rebranded and repainted Vermont railway GP38–2 209 leads the evening dinner train out of the tunnel at Middlebury, Vermont, on September 17, 2022.

The last CLP unit on the VRS roster leading BDRD through Middlebury on a nice afternoon.

BDRD passing through Middlebury with 3 blues leading the way

Back to Burlington. On Friday, July 29, 2022, the first Amtrak Ethan Allen Express (Train 290) departed from Burlington, Vermont for New York Penn Station in cooperation with the Vermont Ag... (more)

Amtrak Ethan Allen crew Qualification Extra 869 rolls southbound through Middlebury with Amtrak 406 in the lead. Amtrak 406 is an Ex EMD F40PH that has been turned into a "Cabbage" NPCU... (more)

BDRD is seen exiting the tunnel in Middlebury headed south to Rutland behind 432 and 2674 on a beautiful spring afternoon

BDRD is seen exiting the newly finished tunnel in Middlebury on 10/10/2020

July 4th marked what could well be the final trek of Canadian Pacific SD40-2s on the Vermont Rail System trackage. Each year multiple CP ballast trains are loaded by Barrett's in Burlington, Verm... (more)

VRS BDRD heads south through Middlebury VT with three CP SD40-2's leading the pack. The 40's are on their way back to the CP in Whitehall after their train of ballast cars were loaded in Burlingto... (more)