Vermont Rail System engineer Scott Whitney throttles up the Green Mountain Railroad Alco RS-1 #405 out of the Ely Depot on the way south to White River Junction during the annual Glory Days of the... (more)

This is an image that I waited all day to capture. Previous attempts showed that the lighting was not going to cooperative. During the Saturday portion of the annual "Glory Days Festival" Green Mo... (more)

A former Rutland RS-1 leads a Rutland to Ludlow mixed freight with 5 empty covered hoppers for loading at Imerys Talc in Smithville plus 3 coaches. This is the first excursion of the 2015 NRHS Con... (more)

The first excursion of the 2015 NRHS Convention returns to Rutland Yard. The historic ex Rutland Railroad RS-1 has spent it's entire life on these rails. The train ran as a mixed freight from Rutl... (more)

GMRC Alco RS-1 #405 (originally Rutland #405) leads an NRHS-sponsored photo freight across Cuttingsville Trestle in Cuttingsville, Vermont. Though a photo freight, this train brought empties for ... (more)

GMRC Alco RS-1 #405 (originally Rutland #405) leads an NRHS-sponsored photo freight through East Wallingford, Vermont. Though a photo freight, this train brought empties for the talc plant in Smi... (more)

A Green Mountain Railroad Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight, operating for the National Railroad Historical Society convention, is seen making a run-by at East Wallingford, Vermont, with veteran ex-... (more)

The Green Mountain Railroad Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight, operating for the National Railroad Historical Society convention, is seen on the approach to the summit of the GMRC's Green Mountain p... (more)

An Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight in 2015...thanks to the National Railroad Historical Society convention, Vermont Rail System hosted a special Sunday mixed freight from Bellows Falls to Smithvil... (more)

Woven into the autumn scenery that its riders are enjoying, a Green Mountain foliage train works its way up the Connecticut River. Power is RS1 #405, ex Rutland.

The final weekend Green Mountain Foliage Train crosses the Williams River east of Chester, Vermont, on the bridge (Bridge #114) that had washed out during the 2011 Hurricane Irene flooding. The v... (more)

The final weekend Green Mountain Foliage Train is seen heading eastbound over a Connecticut River causeway in Rockingham, Vermont, with veteran Alco RS-1 #405 easily handling the special passenger... (more)

With beautiful sunshine and some late 'blossoming' foliage, one of the last scheduled Green Mountain Railroad Foliage Trains is seen heading eastbound over Parker Hill Road with the veteran ex-Rut... (more)

The end of the 2014 Fall Foliage tourist trains on the Vermont Rail System was marked this evening by the return of the Alco RS-1-powered train's return to its winter location in North Walpole, Ne... (more)

Do not adjust your screen - the vintage pair are leaning into what's left of the super-elevated curve in what appears to be a rare mileage trip on the very east/south end of the Green Mountain Rai... (more)