"New England Slurry"; Vermont Railway Forwards Slurry to the Pan Am Southern Railway

March 5, 2010, we find the Vermont Railway "Slurry Train" at North Bennington,VT with 33 loads to deliver to the Pan Am Southern at Hoosick Jct., NY. At the Jct, we find the PAS train waiting on them in this coordinated effort to forward slurry to the paper mills in Maine. The VTR will pull west on the ex Boston & Maine tracks and into a siding. There they will cut away from their train and run to the west end of the siding at Eagle Bridge, NY. The PAS train will also pull into the same siding behind the VTR train. Once in, it will cut away from their train and couple to the rear of the VTR train. The VTR units will run out the west end of the siding and then back east on the main track. But today they will have to wait for EB MOAY before making that move. Once on the east end, they will couple onto the rear of what was the PAS train and pull it back to Hoosick Jct. and north on their railroad toward Rutland, VT. The PAS train will run back east to East Deerfield yard in in Mass before the cars are run to Maine. Well, that should pretty much explain what's going on here. It has become a Friday ritual since this is the only day these trains run and many fans head out to watch "New England Slurry" on the move. Return trip shows VTR at Hoosick Jct and the PAS at Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh Jct.
ENJOY!
Tim Wakeman

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[340duhcota]

is that also where the battenkill picks up cars ?

[DH7409]

@340duhcota Yes it is.

Thanks for watching!

[DH7409]

I would guess they are on duty by 7:00AM

[kncwheeler]

Great stuff !! ***** that sound a lot like a mustang right there at the end.

[DH7409]

close......Ford pick up

[RailfanTube]

It's awesome to see a second generation (dash 2) EMD and a second generation (dash 7) GE working together.

[JamesTyreeII]

GP40-2

[1thudfan]

One of the finest rail videos I've seen. Captures the essense of VT and the railroad that serves it. Video is beautifully done and professional grade. Well done!

[lawszepie]

Every time when I see video like this, I just feel kind of sad.I live in Hong Kong and everything that I can see everyday is concrete, buildings, and cars. Its hard to find a tree, dont even mention place like this: trains, snow, river..... Damn I just hate HK more everday. I just want to live in place like this.

[Firefighter659]

@89jbj

the train usually passes through Manchester at around 0930 then again between 2:30-4:00 if you want to catch some nice side action the B&R usually does a bit of switching in the Manchester Depot, I wander from my house sometimes with my dog to watch them, you get to see a lot of different kinds of Power.......I hope you get to see the 305........thats got a great horn and has a unique sound to it