Trains (and a Hi-Rail) in the Snow

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As it's that time of year (and it was snowing yesterday), here is some video from back in 2001 when we were on a trip through Boston, New York and New England.

First up is an Amtrak 'Vermonter' calling at Waterbury, Vermont, top-and-tailed by F40PH #414 and #226. After a Hi-Rail interlude, we move to Rowley, Massachusetts for an MBTA train from Newburyport, pushed by a GP40MC.

About a month after this video was recorded, Amtrak F40PH #414 was involved in a collision at Syracuse and probably never ran again.

We certainly had plenty of snow on that trip - in New York on the day before New Years Eve we experienced a major snowstorm complete with thunder and lightning...and the snow in Stowe (just up the road from Waterbury) was waist deep, as we found out the hard way

 

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A selection of historical 'winter snow' photos (more in the album here - https://flic.kr/s/aHsksY3GMe )

Seefeld in Tirol, Austria (winter 2010/2011):

Seefeld - trains against a mountain backdrop by ac6044cw, on Flickr

Seefeld - train reflections by ac6044cw, on Flickr

Seefeld - maintenance vehicle 1 by ac6044cw, on Flickr

An ICE in the ice by ac6044cw, on Flickr

...and on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland (winter 2004/2005):

Crossing trains at Davos Wolfgang by ac6044cw, on Flickr

General view of Klosters station by ac6044cw, on Flickr

Celerina - snowboarders train by ac6044cw, on Flickr

Reflections in a Panoramazug by ac6044cw, on Flickr

 

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A few from Trondheim, Norway back in January 2014.

Looking north over the freight yard in the early morning winter light:

Trondheim railway yard - winter dawn by ac6044cw, on Flickr

A train for the north waits at Trondheim station in the early morning. The train is headed by an NSB Di 4 diesel locomotive (built by Henschel in 1980, powered by an EMD V16-645 engine, with AC-traction equipment from Brown-Boveri). There are only 5 in use, and are NSB's only mainline diesels.

Trondheim station - winter dawn by ac6044cw, on Flickr

On the freight side, a Vossloh-built CargoNet Euro 4000 diesel arrived with a train from the south:

CargoNet Euro 4000 diesel at Trondheim, January 2014 by ac6044cw, on Flickr

This far north at that time of year the sun doesn't rise above the horizon, but you get fabulous, long-lasting, dawns and dusks...this was taken from a Hurtigruten ferry/cruise ship:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/PiUPx4] Norwegian sunset by ac6044cw, on Flickr[/URL]