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Photos & Videos Photos Photo Galleries Connecticut River Valley photos from Jim Shaughnessy

Connecticut River Valley photos from Jim Shaughnessy

By Angela Cotey | March 19, 2014

| Last updated on December 8, 2020

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View additional photos of rail action in the Connecticut River Valley as featured in "The Shaughnessy Files" in Spring 2014 Classic Trains magazine.

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CV steam at White River Junction
Two Central Vermont 2-8-0s stand near the turntable at White River Junction, Vt., while in the background 4-8-2 No. 603 waits to take command of the afternoon passenger train north for Montreal in August 1951.
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CP freight along the Conn River
Canadian Pacific FA 4006 and RS3 8459 lead freight SPCP up the Connecticut River en route to Newport, Vt., and Canada in May 1955.
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B&M train crossing the Conn River
Boston & Maine GP7 1561 leads its Berlin, N.H.–Springfield, Mass., train across the bridge between Woodsville, N.H., and Wells River, Vt., in 1956. The bridge over the Connecticut River originally carried a road on its lower level until a separate highway bridge was built nearby.
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Budd Car ballet at Wells River
These two B&M Budd Rail Diesel Cars left Boston as a two-car train. Here, at Wells River, Vt., they have split; one will continue on north to Montreal, the other northeast to Berlin, N.H., in May 1960.
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B&M 44-tonner at Wells River
Boston & Maine 44-tonner 118 switches an RDC on the north leg of the wye at Wells River, Vt., in May 1960.
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B&M freight along the Connecticut River
Boston & Maine freight JS-2 (White River Junction–Springfield, Mass.) rolls down the west bank of the Conn River 3 miles south of Brattleboro, Vt., in March 1978.
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Rutland freight at Bellows Falls
Two RS3’s bring Rutland freight RX-2 into Bellows Falls, Vt., in July 1961. The switchtender by the shanty has displayed the ball signal permitting the train to make the move across the Conn Valley main.
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“Highball!” at Bellows Falls
The switchtender at Bellows Falls, Vt., has set the ball signal to give clearance to Central Vermont 2-10-4 No. 708 to cross the Rutland diamond with a southbound freight in June 1952.
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St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Geeps
Wearing Pinsley-family red, two StJ&LC Geeps arrive at St. Johnsbury with a freight from Swanton. By the time of this August 1969 scene, no passenger trains called at the old depot.
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