December 27th, 2007
On the 26th I woke to the sound of a whistle as a train left Brattleboro. This time I woke up at dawn and turned my scanner on, almost immediately hearing NECR 323 and 324 converging on Brattleboro. We headed down to the yard and shot both, then chased 324 the three miles to the first crossing south of town by the detector at Vernon before returning for breakfast. My lunch later was interrupted by the sound of Pan Am WJED entering Brattleboro and so I went down to the yard to watch it and the Vermonter head south.
Brattleboro, Vermont
(map) This town is on the New England Central Railway track near the New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont borders.
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NECR #324 pulls into Brattleboro yard holding the main for NECR #323.
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NECR #323 pulls into the siding at Brattleboro and #323 and #324 start their work at opposite ends of the yard.
Vernon, Vermont
(map) Vernon is directly on the border with Northfield, Mass and has the NECR Palmer sub and its detector at mile 116.
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NECR #324 crosses the detector at Vernon.
Brattleboro, Vermont
(map) This town is on the New England Central Railway track near the New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont borders.
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AMTK #54 comes around MEC WJED at Brattleboro and continues southward.
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GRS WJED does what GRS does best and slowly works its way out of Brattleboro.