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By:Jacob Rink
Dates:8/1/2020 - 8/31/2020
Album Info:All photos taken during 8/2020
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Through the Green Mountains
Title:  Through the Green Mountains
Description:  VRS BDRD passes through West Braintree, coming out of a speed restriction
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 5:28:04 PM
Location:  West Braintree, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
Central Vermont Memories
Title:  Central Vermont Memories
Description:  VRS Detour-1 passes through Sharon over a bridge still showing its CV heritage
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 5:28:29 PM
Location:  Sharon, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 2
White River Junction Meet
Title:  White River Junction Meet
Description:  Detour-1 meets NECR 600 at WRJ
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 5:28:58 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) NECR 3850(GP38)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
Shifting the Yard
Title:  Shifting the Yard
Description:  New England Central 600 breaks down a cut of cars at WRJ with 1 of 4 remaining blue and gold GP38s left on the property.
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 5:29:20 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NECR 3850(GP38)
Views:  44   Comments: 1
Welcome Back to Vermont!
Title:  Welcome Back to Vermont!
Description:  For the first time since the mid 1990s, a Canadian Pacific engine returns to the Newport Sub. Canadian Pacific recently re-purchased the line and several others from the Central Maine and Quebec earlier this year. CP 2262, seen here leading CP F18 past the rough looking Richford Station, has the honors of being the first CP unit to grace these rails since the MLWs of old many years prior
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 8:35:29 PM
Location:  Richford, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2262(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  198   Comments: 1
Looking Right at Home
Title:  Looking Right at Home
Description:  Canadian Pacific F18 works Blue Seal Feeds with the first CP unit to roll down the Newport Sub since the mid 90s.
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 8:36:39 PM
Location:  Richford, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2262(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Working Blue Seal Feeds
Title:  Working Blue Seal Feeds
Description:  CP F18 drops 2 cars off at Blue Seal before continuing to Newport
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 8:37:01 PM
Location:  Richford, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2262(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Over Province Street
Title:  Over Province Street
Description:  CP GP20C-ECO 2262 has the honor of being the first CP unit to make a round trip over the Newport Sub in many years, seen here leading F18
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/20/2020 8:38:19 PM
Location:  Richford, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2262(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
Back to Burlington
Title:  Back to Burlington
Description:  Vermont Rail Detour-2 (RDBD) rolls through the small town of Richmond on the NECR Roxbury Sub
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:34:24 AM
Location:  Richmond, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Blue Splitting the Red
Title:  Blue Splitting the Red
Description:  VRS RDBD rolls west on the rarely used Essex Wye Track, after getting permission onto the NECR Burlington Sub
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:34:59 AM
Location:  Essex Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Fighting the Shadows
Title:  Fighting the Shadows
Description:  Now on the Burlington Sub, VRS Detour-2 rolls south through Winooski
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:36:12 AM
Location:  Winooski, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Waiting for the Detour
Title:  Waiting for the Detour
Description:  Clarendon & Pittsford GP38 203 idles at BD Yard as they wait for RDBD to arrive
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:36:58 AM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CLP 203(GP38)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Arriving Back Home
Title:  Arriving Back Home
Description:  Back on home rails again, VRS RDBD arrives at BD Yard as the sun sets on the Burlington Waterfront
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:38:27 AM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Working with the Cut
Title:  Working with the Cut
Description:  Vermont Rail BD-2 grabs RDBD's train and will break the consist down at the south end of the yard
Photo Date:  8/14/2020  Upload Date: 8/21/2020 8:38:51 AM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CLP 203(GP38)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Another Day, Another Detour
Title:  Another Day, Another Detour
Description:  The Saturday version of VRS Detour-1 rolls across Park St on the Essex Wye Track with 4 cars
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:42:41 PM
Location:  Essex Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
Bellows Falls Bound
Title:  Bellows Falls Bound
Description:  VRS Detour-1 (BDRD) heads south on the Roxbury Sub, cruising alongside the Theodore Roosevelt Hwy
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:44:20 PM
Location:  Jonesville, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  127   Comments: 1
Detour From Above
Title:  Detour From Above
Description:  Vermont Railway BDRD passes through Middlesex, as they closely parallel I-89. A thick fog cover shrouds the mountains in the background.
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:45:43 PM
Location:  Middlesex, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  145   Comments: 3
Rolling Through Roxbury
Title:  Rolling Through Roxbury
Description:  VRS BDRD (Detour-1) passes through the small community of Roxbury
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:47:27 PM
Location:  Roxbury, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Over the River and Through the Woods
Title:  Over the River and Through the Woods
Description:  VRS BDRD crosses over Roxbury Rd and White River along the NECR
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:48:30 PM
Location:  Roxbury, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Blue and White in the Green Mountains
Title:  Blue and White in the Green Mountains
Description:  Detour-1 continues their SB trek down the Roxbury Sub
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:50:00 PM
Location:  West Braintree, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Breaking the Silence
Title:  Breaking the Silence
Description:  Vermont Rail BDRD makes all of track speed through the small town of Randolph
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:51:05 PM
Location:  Randolph, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
Washington County Power
Title:  Washington County Power
Description:  GMTX 2215, the NPWJ/WJNP power, idles away in WRJ on Washington County Railroad (VRS) tracks
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:51:37 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2215(GP38-2)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
NECR GP38 3850
Title:  NECR GP38 3850
Description:  One of four blue and gold geeps left on the NECR property sits idle at WRJ
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:52:08 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NECR 3850(GP38)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
Through the Junction
Title:  Through the Junction
Description:  Vermont Rail BDRD (Detour-1) slowly rolls through White River Jct as they prepare to stop for trackwork ahead
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 3:52:33 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Crossing Borders
Title:  Crossing Borders
Description:  Vermont Railway BDRD crosses from Vermont and into New Hampshire
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:00:41 PM
Location:  Cornish Mills, NH
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  124   Comments: 1
No Stopping for the Depot
Title:  No Stopping for the Depot
Description:  Making every bit of trackspeed on the Palmer Sub, VRS Detour-1 flies by the former depot in Charlestown
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:01:38 PM
Location:  Charlestown, NH
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Furthest South
Title:  Furthest South
Description:  After receiving a recrew, VRS BDRD prepares to do some shifting at Riverside Yard, seen here passing the Amtrak Station
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:04:23 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Diamonds and Bridges
Title:  Diamonds and Bridges
Description:  Vermont Rail BDRD shoves their train into Riverside Yard. The GMRC/NECR diamond can be seen in the foreground
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:04:46 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  109   Comments: 1
At the Station
Title:  At the Station
Description:  Now running as RDBD (Detour-2), the VRS crew shoves their train out onto the NECR main to return to Burlington
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:05:09 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Starting the Journey North
Title:  Starting the Journey North
Description:  VRS Detour-2 rolls along Hwy 12 and the Connecticut River
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:02:10 PM
Location:  North Walpole, NH
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Claremont High Bridge
Title:  Claremont High Bridge
Description:  RDBD rolls high above Claremont as they make for the NH/VT border
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:02:37 PM
Location:  Claremont, NH
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 1
Back in Vermont
Title:  Back in Vermont
Description:  VRS RDBD (Detour-2) passes the WRJ station and NECR 3850 as they head northward on the Roxbury Sub
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:05:55 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2) NECR 3850(GP38)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Northbound at So-Ro
Title:  Northbound at So-Ro
Description:  Detour-2 passes through South Royalton
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:06:38 PM
Location:  South Royalton, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Hang on to Your Hats!
Title:  Hang on to Your Hats!
Description:  VRS Detour-2 (RDBD) flies through Randolph station
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:07:03 PM
Location:  Randolph, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2)
Views:  81   Comments: 2
Northbound at the Junction
Title:  Northbound at the Junction
Description:  VRS RDBD passes the station at MPJ
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:07:27 PM
Location:  Montpelier Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Along the River
Title:  Along the River
Description:  Vermont Rail System RDBD crosses the Winooski River at North Duxbury
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:54:25 PM
Location:  North Duxbury, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  116   Comments: 2
By the Approach Signal
Title:  By the Approach Signal
Description:  Back on the Burlington Sub, VRS RDBD passes the approach signal for the Burlington Wye
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:54:55 PM
Location:  Essex Junction, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Over Allen Street
Title:  Over Allen Street
Description:  RDBD passes through downtown Winooski
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:55:21 PM
Location:  Winooski, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 1
Three Roads, One Parent
Title:  Three Roads, One Parent
Description:  CLP 203, VTR 308, & GMRC 804, all owned by the Vermont Rail System, idle in Burlington Yard
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:55:45 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CLP 203(GP38) VTR 308(GP40-2) GMRC 804(GP9)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
Back in Burlington
Title:  Back in Burlington
Description:  RDBD slowly passes through the Burlington waterfront
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:56:06 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Along the Waterfront
Title:  Along the Waterfront
Description:  Vermont Rail System is at the very end of the Burlington Sub, as they approach BD yard
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:56:27 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  105   Comments: 1
Out of Service
Title:  Out of Service
Description:  VTR 207 & CLP 802 await repair at BD yard
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:56:51 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 207(GP38-3) CLP 802(GP16)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
VTR GP40-2LW 311
Title:  VTR GP40-2LW 311
Description:  OOS in Burlington
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:57:18 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 311(GP40-2LW)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Newest Addition
Title:  Newest Addition
Description:  VTR 313, recently purchased from the Saratoga & North Creek, awaits a repaint and some minor work at BD yard
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:57:51 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VTR 313(GP40FH-2)
Views:  1362   Comments: 0
Yarding the Power
Title:  Yarding the Power
Description:  VRS RDBD switches tracks to put their power away for the night
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:58:25 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2331(GP38-2) GMTX 2329(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2) GMTX 2617(GP38-2)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
Ending Their Day
Title:  Ending Their Day
Description:  The RDBD crew puts away the Detour power for the night at BD Yard
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 6:58:49 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2617(GP38-2) GMTX 2601(GP38-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Down the Canadian Mainline
Title:  Down the Canadian Mainline
Description:  A rather long Canadian Pacific 252 rolls south for Saratoga with two GEs up front
Photo Date:  8/16/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 8:40:22 PM
Location:  Burdick Crossing, NY
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8856(ES44AC) CP 8048(AC4400CWM)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
Along the Champlain
Title:  Along the Champlain
Description:  The conductor of CP 252 throws a passing wave as the Montreal-Saratoga Springs manifest rolls alongside Lake Champlain. Fort Ti can be seen in the background.
Photo Date:  8/16/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 8:40:51 PM
Location:  Ticonderoga, NY
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8856(ES44AC) CP 8048(AC4400CWM)
Views:  70   Comments: 2
Canadian Pacific 252
Title:  Canadian Pacific 252
Description:  CP 252 passes through Clemons, on the approach to Whitehall
Photo Date:  8/16/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 8:41:35 PM
Location:  Clemons, NY
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8856(ES44AC) CP 8048(AC4400CWM)
Views:  80   Comments: 1
Slowing for the Yard
Title:  Slowing for the Yard
Description:  Canadian Pacific 252 slows for the Amtrak station in town as they approach Whitehall Yard to make a drop
Photo Date:  8/16/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 8:42:12 PM
Location:  Whitehall, NY
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8856(ES44AC)
Views:  38   Comments: 0


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