
Here we are in Montpelier, Vermont, which is the state capital of Vermont. Here, we are in the cab of WACR 804, which is anexcursion train that was chartered by the Mass Bay RRE club. Today's consist is Green Mountain GP9R 804 (hence the symbol name WACR 804), and 2 old Green Mountain coaches; 1312 (right behind the engine), and 1323 bringing up the markers. We are at MP 0.0, and we are now heading south towards Barre, which is about six and a half miles away. In this video, we start at MP 0.0 and proceed into the heart of Montpelier. Some of the things we see are the sign for the State House, the State House (capitol building) itself with its beautiful gold dome, crossing the Winooski River, as well as most of downtown Montpelier. The video ends at one of the main crossings, due to the fact that somebody left their car parked in front of a store semi fouling the right of way. We found the owner, and got under way shortly thereafter. Enjoy the sound of the old cast K5LA and the slight rev of the 567C. Unfortunately, track speed is 10 MPH, so we couldn't rev it up too much. As a side note, the 804 was built in 1955 as N&W 13, and was then rebuilt in 1978 into a GP9R, where it had its high hood lowered on the short hood, and was converted into a short hood forward engine. However, the control stand is still set up on the long hood forward side of the cab. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The video was taken on April <b>...</b>
WACR
Washington
County
Railroad
GMRC
Green
Mountain
Railway
Company
804
GP9
GP9R
ex
N&W
Norfolk
and
Western
coach
coaches
Winooski
River
Montpelier
Vermont
State
Capital
Capitol
Building
House
Mass
Bay
RRE
Enthusiasts
charter
excursion
chartered
EMD
567C
roots
blown
blower
rev
old
cast
great
sounding
K5LA
horn
bell
grade
crossings
parked
truck
semi
fouling
right
of
way
ROW
Barre
MP
0.0
end
running
track
MP6.5
FL
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