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The Green Mountain Railroad was formed in early 1964 when F. Nelson Blount, who also operated a museum of steam locomotives, called Steamtown, USA, in North Walpole, New Hampshire. Blount convinced the State of Vermont to acquire 52 miles (84 km) of track between Bellows Falls and Rutland, which he would operate as the Green Mountain Railroad. [3]
The Vermont Railway (reporting mark VTR) is a shortline railroad in Vermont and eastern New York, operating much of the former Rutland Railway.It is the main part of the Vermont Rail System, which also owns the Green Mountain Railroad, the Rutland's branch to Bellows Falls.
The Steamtown Foundation purchased the locomotive from Green Mountain Railroad in 1973 and rebuilt it in 1976. Making its debut as an excursion train in June of that year and sporting a green and black color scheme, 1293 served the state of Vermont as its "Bicentennial Train", logging 13,000 miles (21,000 km). [17]
GGMX - Golden Gate Railroad Museum; GGPX - General American Marks Company; GGS - South Carolina Central Railroad (Georgia Great Southern Division) GHBX - G. Heileman Brewing Company; GHH - Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad; GHRD - Green Hills Rural Development (Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority) GHRX - GHR Energy Corporation
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad: CN: 1848 1960 Canadian National Railway: Barre Railroad: B&M: 1888 1913 Barre and Chelsea Railroad: Barre Branch Railroad: B&M: 1888 1913 Montpelier and Wells River Railroad: Barre and Chelsea Railroad: B&C, BC B&M: 1913 1957 Montpelier and Barre Railroad: Bennington and Rutland Railroad: RUT: 1865 1870 ...
Green Mountain Railroad (formerly Rutland Railway) Alco RS1 #405 in Bellows Falls, Vermont in August 2006. Several examples exist at tourist railways and railway museums, including: Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad's RS-1 purchased in 1951 by the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad as #1002, sold to the Calumet & Hecla Railroad in 1967 as #205.
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In June 1967, Canadian Pacific 1246 was transferred to the Green Mountain Railroad (GMRR) with the intention of restoring it to operate on their trackage. [4] The locomotive was restored in 1969, and it was modified with a visor headlight and a mounted bell above the smokebox , and it was given a nameplate with the lettering “F. Nelson Blount ...