Green Mountain Railroading on the Rutland

This is one of the last releases by Blackhawk Films before they were bought out. It was originally released in 8MM format but without sound. With the advent of video tape, a sound version was released to the general public. The film contains mostly Rutland Railroad steam in the early 1950's just before the end of passenger service on the Rutland. As such, there is an appearance of Boston & Maine steam on the Green Mountain Flyer. This was done to equalize mileage between the B&M and Rutland with the jointly run train and was the last use of steam on the western end of the B&M. The double headed Alco RS-3 and 4-8-2 mountain are a real treat as they operate over the Bellows Falls Subdivision. Most Rutland fans will easily recognize the many locations of filming.
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[@MultiCrusher2]

I wish they had more trains in Northern New England.We need them.

[@novemberrain212]

This is beyond wonderful. My grandfather was a boiler maker for the Rutland, and my I grew up hearing stories from my dad, and we would chase the trains from East Clarendon where we lived up to Mt. Holly, or maybe as far as Summit if I begged. Thanks for posting.

[@Bushappy]

Although I am from NYC, I spent three summers on a dairy farm on Shunpike Rd near Mt Holly which was about 1/2 mile cross the field from rte 103 and the Rutland tracks in 1939-1941. It was on the grade leading to the Summit station so the engines were laboring up the grade south/eastbound. Every spare moment that I had, I was down at the Summit station talking to the agent and watching the trains. I must have had an eager look on my face one day as the engineer lifted me up into the cab and I stayed while they switched cars from the siding on a southbound freight. Something any kid would never forget!!!

[@VTconductorchris]

Marvelous footage. A real treasure.

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

3:35

[@tylergreen4843]

1:35

[@tomdarmo1031]

It's really cool seeing the 4-8-2 in action. I have a bell from one of the 4-8-2 Green Hornets, I'm not sure which one it can from, but there is a one in 4 chance it came from No 92.

[@greenmtnman7714]

Great footage! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@shininghappyperson7]

Wow, I've been looking for some footage like this as long i can remember. The shot at Manchester is amazing, i was just there today saying man i would kill to see a B&M passenger train here. We all know that this all actually happened but sometimes its hard to believe, excellent video!

[@buixrule]

Unbelievable footage. Thanks for sharing!

[@gigigregory3043]

Loved riding the steamtown trains as a kid in Bellows Falls vt

[@joeyfrench4517]

Diesels and steam locomotives on Rutland railroad are working together as a team

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

Was hoping for some period footage of the Chester Depot. Hard to believe the photographer didn't capture any covering that section of rail. I travel route 103 when I head back north to visit family. Was easy to recognize a lot of the terrain and crossing even though the film is ~70 years old.

[@alcampbell6832]

Oh ! For a modern video camera and a time machine. Damn good for sixty plus years old technology. Al

[@rexjamison2170]

just a great video

[@richhood9934]

Great video! All that's missing is coverage of the east end, from Ogdensburg to Rouses Point.

[@sjwhitney]

Well, we take what we can get! Given that it was the early 1950's we can't ask for much more. I believe that the last scene is not dubbed. A little known fact is that the Rutland RS-1's and early RS-3's were delivered with air horns that has issues. Alco subsequently sent the Rutland Leslie S3J replacements. Speculation abounds as to what those first horns were and what they sounded like.

[@BrianXMoore]

Speak for yourself in respect of the "wasting film on common railcars"; it's the fact that the great majority of films like this usually ignore the actual train being pulled that makes the clip so fascinating. You may find them boring, but there are many more who don't.

[@robertgift]

I'd much rather see more steam locomotives and their intricacies than common ordinary railcars. But was fun seeing the old smaller railcars. If filming railcars, I'd want them to go by more slowly to see detail and to also see the caboose at the end. I remember seeing the common railcars and occasionally newer larger cars among them. Now they are all the larger railcars and I never see the old cars.

[@oogdog90]

Absolutely stunning.