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1 month ago
January 12 NECR Chip train
The morning NECR chip-train passes through Essex Junction to Winooski Vt, on January 12, 2012. the location is North Street, MP108.51. About 1/2 mi...
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1 month ago
Train-GO-5-Switching-3-1-10.mpg
Video of The Griffin Switcher (Train GO-5), Shoving down the mainline, and running into the Industrial Lead to spot two covered hopper cars for unl...
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1 month ago
So You like Train Horns?
With a crossing every one block, this CSX freight train really lets the horn have it. It's traveling about 30 miles per hour. I think the best part...
wisecrac99 • 4,349 views
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Has anyone gotten a video of CSX's new "How Tomorrow Moves" Logo on its locomotives.
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1 month ago
Southbound chip-train. January 6, 2012
The southbound wood-chip train passes through Essex Junction on its way to the Burlington Branch heading to the McNeil Generating Plant in Winooski...
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2 months ago
NECR 3855 Going Through St.Albans
GP38 NECR 3855 Going Through St.Albans
NscaleAmtrak • 108 views
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Doe the NECR use that rail-crane at all?
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2 months ago
Aboard the Amtrak Vermonter #57
This is video footage from Aboard the Amtrak Vermonter #57 to Newark, NJ. Trip was taken on Saturday, March 19th, 2011.
You can find geotagged pho...
Mike77E9 • 950 views
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@GSXRMark99 the two engines are needed because at Palmer MA, there is no direct connection to allow the Vermonter to change from NECR's tracks to CSX's. The train has to back up, and change direction. I heard recently however, that there are plans to alter the route and eliminate this movement. T...
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3 months ago
HD: The Vermont Rail System: Chasing the GMRC 264 Through the Green Mountain Gateway
On May 8, 2011, after spending 5 hours chasing an eastbound ethanol train, powered by 6 locomotives, through the Green Mountain Gateway from Rutlan...
o00o00ozy • 2,474 views
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Does anybody know the number of cars a single GP38/GP40 can pull on flat track?
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3 months ago
Green Mountain 1848 works the Bellows Falls,VT area 03/29/1990
Green Mountain Railroad #1848 (ex-BAR) does some work around the Bellows Falls, VT. area on 03/29/1990. Video by Richard 'Moose' Ouellette. If you ...
nhrrman • 279 views
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was this before or after GMRC became joined the VTR/CLP, and became part of the Vermont Rail System?
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3 months ago
Train hopping through Oregon
This is footage from a pushing unit of a coal train I hopped in September 2010. I caught out in Spokane, Washington and arrived in Boardman, Oregon...
MRSEXY4EVER • 4,393 views
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@MRSEXY4EVER I believe it is because the units pushing on the rear of the train are controlled remotely from the leading engine. Any action that the engineer commands the head locomotive to do, the rear pushers will respond the same way. So when the engineer pressed the button to ding the bell, t...
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4 months ago
Real train engineer: day in the life/ Train Engineer Jim
Engineer Jim going to downtown, playing cards with fellow engineers in the break room, and Jim at the controls.
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@aloozer not really; most railroads want a candidate to have a college degree. The average time to become a locomotive engineer is 1 year. To your point about needed skills/knowledge, engineers need good vision (with or without glasses) to see wayside signals and obstructions ahead, working knowl...
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11 months ago
NECR Rail Train
Taken in the mid-afternoon, this is a empty rail train returning to St Albans VT. The train was carrying rail to be used as part of the federal gra...
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1 year ago
March 19, 2010 NECR through Essex Junction
On March 19, 2010, New England Central Railroads southbound wood-chip train number 500 passes through Essex Junction at 11:50 am. The train is en-r...
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1 year ago
New England Central Railroad passing through Essex Junction
On May 18, 2010, NECR 3857 leads the southbound unit train from St. Albans, through Essex Junction to The Burlington Electric plant near Winooski/ ...
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1 year ago
Morning Amtrak Vermonter on May 18, 2010
On May 18, 2010, Amtrak morning Vermonter leaves Essex Junction heading south towards Montpelier
I apologize for all the shaking. I was caught by ...
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shouldn't the crew use a transfer caboose or something if they are shoving as far of a distance as they appear to be in this video?