TPW 4053 (GP40-2W), NECR 3857 (GP38AC), NECR 2680 (SD40-2), NECR 2714 (SD40-2), NECR 721 (SD40-2) with 102 cars pass the Amtrak station at Brattleboro. .
NECR SD40-2 722 leads the arriving train 324 in Brattleboro, where the 611 crew takes it south as a Palmer, MA turn job. The 722 is former FEC 722 and has had all NECR lettering and logo-age appl... (more)
New England Central Railroad's Brattleboro, VT to Palmer, MA turn is departing Brattleboro Yard with NECR SD40-2 721 and the former (yet to be relettered!) RMPX now NECR GP40-2W 9457. COMING SOON... (more)
Still, Conrail Blue Engineer Ken starts up this SD40 which still hold its Conrail paint as he and his crew prepare to head north.
NECR's northbound freight is pulling into the grassy yard at Brattleboro for a recrew. Powering the train this day was NECR 3845, NECR 3851, FEC 721, NECR 6281
Northbound New England Central train 611 races towards Brattleboro VT and catches the only sun of the evening just before sunset, with power from all over the place!
Track speed is 40mph here, and the 611 crew was doing every bit of it. They are racing north about 20 minutes out of Brattleboro VT, tring to beat the clock and the storms before canning.
