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2015 NRHS Convention, Ludlow Excerpt

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:18:45 +0000

This is an excerpt of the video I took on the last day of the NRHS Convention, during the Father's Day excursion on the Green Mountain Railroad. This is a brutal cut from the original, as I needed it to be under 10 minutes, and under 30MB, so it's less than a fifth of the original cut, with the original MOD files being much longer.

Green Mountain #405 on Ludlow Bridge, Edited and Cropped Version, Ludlow, Vermont, USA, 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:18:45 +0000

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Here's Green Mountain #405. This actually wasn't my first time riding behind this unit, as I had also ridden the entire length of the Green Mountain Railroad behind it in 1990.

Wye, Edited Version, Ludlow, Vermont, USA, 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:18:43 +0000

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This was on the final day of the 2015 NRHS Convention, which happened to fall on Father's Day. As a result, a special Father's Day excursion was run on the Green Mountain Railroad to Ludlow, Vermont from Rutland. The only motive power was Green Mountain #405, an Alco RS-1, which was behind me when I shot this. The coaching stock was the same that had been used for the previous excursions that I had been on.

2015 NRHS Convention, Omya Excursion Excerpt

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:59:24 +0000

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This was about where I discovered that the Pentax MZ-10 wouldn't be working for the convention, so this video starts as we arrive in Florence, Vermont, where Omya have a Limestone quarry and slurry plant. This excursion was operated by Vermont Railway EMD GP40 #301, and GP40-2LW #311, using Green Mountain Railroad passenger stock.

2015 NRHS Convention, North Bennington/Hoosic Jct. Excursion Excerpt

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:59:50 +0000

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This was the excursion to Hoosic Junction mentioned in my earlier photo from North Bennington. My camera battery started to die when we got to North Bennington, so footage beyond that point is not included.

To reiterate, this excursion included Vermont Railway #301, an EMD GP40, and #311, a GP40-2LW, for motive power, and Green Mountain Railroad coaching stock. You can see Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express at the beginning.

Vermont Railway #301 & 311, Edited Version, North Bennington, Vermont, USA, 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:59:49 +0000

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This was at North Bennington on the second to last day of the 2015 NRHS National Convention, the first such convention when I didn't have a working conventional camera. This was not deliberate, as I had brough the Pentax MZ-10 out of retirement, only to see it die on the 19th of June, which was the third to last day of the Convention. I still had the cameraphone, which I shot this with, but I mostly compensated by shooting video, something I had never done at an NRHS Convention before.

This was at the North Bennington end of an excursion operated by Vermont Railway diesels, both of them GP40's, which are now so old as to be almost heritage units. The lead unit is #301, which looks roughly like any other GP40, but the trailing unit is a GP40-2LW, which has a safety cab and other modifications for service on the Canadian National.

www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=465198

Another spotting feature that it has is a lowered center radiator fan, making it look a bit like a GP35, which had me confused at first. In general, EMD diesels sold in Canada had a number of special features, both from the factory and through later rebuilds, including some of the earlier safety cabs. Today, these features are less noticeable, as during the 1990's most of the Canadian features were adopted by American railroads. In addition, many Canadian variants have ended up in service in the U.S., as here.

The passenger stock was the same mix as that used for the Omya excursion on the previous day, being a mix of heavyweight and streamline stock, but all of it being owned (operated?) by the Green Mountain Railroad.

As one final aside, this excursion was technically to Hoosic Junction, but North Bennington was the last station on the route, and it was here that this photo runby was done. My video camera battery also died at about this point.

Ex-Reading #902, Picture 2, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:34:01 +0000

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As our excursion pulled in, I got this lucky shot of 902 and 2398 lined up just right for this shot, which I quite like.

Ex-Reading #s902 and 903, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:34:01 +0000

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Here, back in order, this was where we picked up our Reading & Northern excursion train at the NRHS National Convention, led by a matching set of Reading EMD FP7s that had just been restored. Here's a shot of our train pulling in, headed by the FP7s, with a Reading and Northern freight on the adjacent track.

Ex-Reading #902, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:01 +0000

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Slight out of order here....:-(, this was where we picked up our Reading & Northern excursion train at the NRHS National Convention, led by a matching set of Reading EMD FP7s that had just been restored. Here's the older of the two, number 902.

Reading & Northern #s2398 and 3300, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:01 +0000

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Unfortunately this shot failed to capture 2398's cab, but it does give one of the better views that I got of 3300 during the NRHS Convention, as it wasn't there for show and had to hurry on its way without being uncoupled for us to get a better look.

Reading & Northern #2398, Picture 2, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:01 +0000

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Here's a closer and more detailed shot of R&N 2398.

Reading & Northern #2398, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:01 +0000

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While we were waiting for our Reading & Northern excursion at West Leesport during the 1995 NRHS Convention, we also got to see this Reading & Northern freight, which at least had second generation diesel power on it, number 2398, a U23B and 3300, a U33C.