Trackside Log for Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sam and I awoke to what was looking to be a promising morning in Rutland, Vermont. After a quick breakfast at the Red Roof Inn we drove over to the Vermont Railway yard to see what was up. There were two sets of power around but the Providence & Worchester and Washington County pairing was hiding on us. However, the pair of former Helm Leasing engines was easily photographable.

• 0837 Rutland, VT - VTR eastbound - VTR 308-VTR 205 (photo 1, photo 2, photo 3)

Next we began our northerly trek through Vermont. First stop was White River Junction where we discovered a New England Central GP38-2 parked across from the Amtrak station.

• 1020 White River Junction, VT - NECR power - NECR 3869 (photo 1, photo 2)

The sun was just starting to come out on the way to our next major stop, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This is on the former Canadian Pacific (later Canadian-American) Lyndonville Subdivision. It's now operated by the Washington County Railroad, a member of the Vermont Rail System. Two locomotives were present with the crew chatting in front.

• 1219 St. Johnsbury, VT - Washington County power - VTR 307 and GMRC 304 (photo)

We continued north to the junction at Newport, Vermont but aside from a variety of freight cars nothing else was present. We then turned southeast and drove to North Stratford, New Hampshire to check out the New Hampshire Central. Unfortunately the only locomotive around was comfortably parked inside the shed. Onward we trekked through Crawford Notch en route to North Conway and the Conway Scenic Railroad.

• 1652 North Conway, NH - Conway Scenic power - BM 4268 (photo)
• 1653 North Conway, NH - Conway Scenic power - CSRX 573 (photo)
• 1654 North Conway, NH - Conway Scenic power - CSRX 23 (photo)
• 1659 North Conway, NH - Conway Scenic power - CSRX 6505-CSRX 6516 (photo)

After photographing what I could we continued eastward to the St. Lawrence and Atlantic's shops in Lewiston Junction, Maine. It was getting pretty dark, but I managed to photograph two locomotives parked in front of the shops. Quite a few other engines were parked back by the shops.

• 1851 Lewiston Junction, ME - St. Lawrence & Atlantic power - SLR 3008-LLPX 1505 (photo)

It was getting dark quickly so Sam and I bolted for what would be our overnight location, the Travellodge in Brunswick, Maine. Since it was the coast of Maine we had to have fish and found some good food at Joshua's Tavern.