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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 state of Vermont owns around 305 miles (491 km) of the 578 miles (930 km) of track within the state. It leases it to Vermont Rail System, Green Mountain Railroad and Washington County Railroad.
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 .
Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956 to 2018) Western Pacific Railroad Museum; Western Railway Museum; Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
The Green Mountain Cog Railway was a mountain railway built to carry tourists to the top of Green Mountain (now known as Cadillac Mountain) on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Its track was built to 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ) gauge, which is technically a narrow gauge , as it is a 1 ⁄ 2 -inch less than 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge .
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]
It was operated in cooperation between the Rutland Railroad, the Canadian National Railway and the New York Central Railroad. The train carried the number 65 running north, and number 64 running south. [1] The Mount Royal (#51 north, #52 south) was the night train counterpart to the Green Mountain Flyer.
White River Junction station is a passenger train station in White River Junction, Vermont, served by Amtrak's Vermonter.It is also used by the Green Mountain Railroad for passenger excursion trains to Thetford and the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont.