The afternoon excursion returns from Chester. It is seen crossing Lower Bartonsville Road as it passes the Bartonsville Covered Bridge built in 1870 and washed away in 2011 by Tropical Storm Irene... (more)

VRS' GMRC Alco RS-1 405 is shoving on the rear of the 80-tank (plus three buffers) empty ethanol train as it passes a location very familiar to the veteran Rutland Alco.

With heavy rain and fog abound, the Vermont Rail System keeps on rolling with an 80-car empty ethanol train bound for Canadian Pacific interchange at Whitehall, NY. The train's helper locomotive ... (more)

The GMRC Alco RS-1 405 is heading south on the NECR Palmer Subdivision and crossing home rails - GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision - at grade with interchange traffic from the NECR to the Green Mount... (more)

The GMRC Alco RS-1 405 is heading south on the NECR Palmer Subdivision with interchange traffic from the NECR to the Green Mountain in Bellows Falls, VT.

The GMRC Alco RS-1 405 is working the Bellows Falls Switcher - symbol DASW - as it backs out of the Bellows Falls tunnel with a cut of cars for Riverside Yard on the GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision... (more)

With the pristine springtime blue skies reflecting on the newly thawed Connecticut River, Vermont Rail System has pressed GMRC (ex-Rutland) Alco RS-1 405 into freight service to help with a motive... (more)

The crew consults on the next move while switching the diminutive yard on the edge of downtown Rutland. Squint and you can imagine the old Rutland RR itself.

GMRC northbound train XR1 was arriving at Rutland, VT on March 3, 1981 with RS1 No. 405 as the Vermont Ry. Rutland Yard Job drilled some cars on an adjacent track with RS3 No. 603.

A rare industrial switching opportunity awaited the GMRC Alco RS-1 405 on October 27, when a derailment north of town stranded the regular freight locomotive and the Alco was pulled from the store... (more)

Readying for an 1130 hrs departure from the White River Jct. depot, Green Mountain Railroad Alco RS-1 405 and complimentary passenger train will take tourists along the Connecticut River for some ... (more)

With the bulk of the Vermont Rail System motive power fleet tied up hauling the railroad's first ethanol train, the veteran Rutland Alco RS-1 - now GMRC 405 - was called to duty for the Bellows Fa... (more)

After a quick run up to the summit and back, GMRC 405 arrives back at Ludlow with the Okemo ski runs in the background awaiting the first snow.

GMRC RS1 405 with the Green Mountain Flyer holds west of the diamond as Amtrak's Vermonter eases into the station at Bellows Falls. Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 slide.

GMRC RS1 405 shows off it's new paint for a small night photo session in the North Walpole NH yard. Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 slide.