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The old Barre and Chelsea RR, now the WACR-Barre Sub, has a section of mainline that runs through someones back yard. The track is actually the tail track for the upper switchback, and also serves as the loading and unloading site for the Rock of Ages Quarry. When we restarted operations on the top ...

To add to Gil/bills post, the main shop for the VRS is in Burlington, all non running repair work is performed there for all system loco's, except for the GMRC 405 which is maintained in North Walpole. North Walpole is mainly used for car repair, but retains the operating turntable as stated. And to...

Am I reading that correctly? If you are drawing disability, and then you retire you then start to draw both? No, you can't draw both at the same time, once you reach retirement age you switch over to the regular retirement system. I hope these folks, if proven to be guilty, get the book thrown at t...

The VRS doesn't use volunteers, hell, we barely run passenger trains anymore! You might want to try to get a hold of someone at the Battenkill RR, they don't run passenger trains anymore, but they might be looking for help and I believe they might use volunteers when they get them.

Congrats, hope it works out for you!

They are no worse than any other RR, or at least it appears that way from the outside. I work for their neighbor to the south, the VTR. Hope all goes well, if you do get hired, and you come down into Burlington or the WACR yard in White River Jct. between 1400 and 2200 I will be talking to you.

I don't know if they are gridlocked, but there is definitely an increase of traffic on the Massena line. There are quite a few instances of the 620/621 running well behind normal times, and maxed out on tonnage/length. There also seems to be some issues out in the Cleveland area, seeing some signifi...

The website is pretty much a copy of the pamphlet, or vice versa. One train on Friday, 1130 departure from DA, with a 2-2 1/2 hour roundtrip. I am sure to start a flame war, but I am not too sad to see it curtailed. When I first started on the VTR, I was assigned to a passenger job (Vermont Valley F...

The train had 80 loads of ethanol, and one loaded spacer (kaolin slurry). They cut the rear ten, and took the remainder to Motiva in Providence.

Waterbury, VT has a nice station, freshly remodeled about two years ago or so. Nice warm waiting area, not something to scoff at 9pm in the middle of January! Plus, during the day, there is the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters visitors shop, with coffee and snacks. And since it is downtown, it is a sh...

does anybody know who the largest short line railroad is, and who the best short line railroad is to work for, since im looking into going with a shortline to get the feel of the rails, and get experience to join a class 1 railroad such as bnsf, and go with a shortline for about 2 years, and im loo...

Nearly the entire line is in service, only the section from the upper switchback to the end of track at Graniteville is OOS. It does not see much movement past Barre, but it is in service and passable up to the top of the hill. If the movement does happen, there will be additional work performed on ...