A key interchange point and an occasional operational challenge for the Vermont Rail System and the Pan Am Southern located at Hoosick Jct., NY, is undergoing a makeover that will allow more streamlined operations and increased efficiency in the swapping of cars. Pan Am Southern has taken on the Hoosick Junction Expansion Phase 2 project, building […]
With the expected fall surge in Covid cases, VTRANS has now gone on the record in saying that the Vermonter and Ethan Allen trains will not likely be returning to the state in 2020. A winter return had been hoped for by riders and advocates, however a surge in Covid cases is prompting further delays […]
Beginning in July 2020, the South Carolina-based company, Rotor Blade LLC, began a 190-mile project along the New England Central Railroad (NECR) mainline at East Northfield, MA, that will reduce the number of overhanging trees on the railroad right-of-way. Amtrak has spent $1.2 million for the work that includes the aerial cutting by Rotor Blade […]
On Friday, 18.September, four years of planning and site preparation came to fruition as a 10-week construction blitz allowed the reopening of VTR’s new 360-foot Middlebury Rail Tunnel. The new prefab tunnel not only improves rail service by increasing clearances on the main route from Rutland to Burlington. The project was also designed to improve […]
Heavy Granite Traffic Spurs State to "Exhume" Long-Dormant Row in Order to Avoid Rebuilding Two Antiquated Bridges.
Heavy Granite Traffic Spurs State to “Exhume” Long-Dormant Row in Order to Avoid Rebuilding Two Antiquated Bridges.
VRS Network Parent Trans Rail Holding Co., Files With STB To Acquire NEGS Assets, And Rename It As Merrimack & Grafton Railroad Corp.
VRS Network Parent Trans Rail Holding Co., Files With STB To Acquire NEGS Assets, And Rename It As Merrimack & Grafton Railroad Corp.
VTRANS Halts Progress on Middlebury Tunnel Project Before Detours Go into Effect. VRS Crew Qualifications on NECR Suspended; Five Leased Locomotives in Burlington With no Work.
VTRANS Halts Progress on Middlebury Tunnel Project Before Detours Go into Effect. VRS Crew Qualifications on NECR Suspended; Five Leased Locomotives in Burlington With no Work.
While Primary Power Running Flat-Out on PAR Detour Duty, ALCO Excursion Power Comes Out of Hibernation to Serve Local Customer.
While Primary Power Running Flat-Out on PAR Detour Duty, ALCO Excursion Power Comes Out of Hibernation to Serve Local Customer.
GVRS and NECR to Connect on Summer-Long Detour Around Middlebury Tunnel. Rutland - Burlington Traffic to Add 24 Hours. Crew Issues Unresolved.
GVRS and NECR to Connect on Summer-Long Detour Around Middlebury Tunnel. Rutland – Burlington Traffic to Add 24 Hours. Crew Issues Unresolved.