Steam & Excursion > Green Mountain RR 4-6-0 in 1968

Roger Puta shot this 4-6-0 on August 11, 1968.

1. Backing onto turntable in North Walpole, NH yard
2. Crossing Connecticut River at Bellows Falls, VT
3. Coaling at North Walpole yard
4, 5, and 6. In North Walpole yard

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



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7. Green Mountain herald, adapted from Rutland herald on a station wagon with flanged wheels, North Walpole, NH on August 11, 1968.



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Of course the story of how this engine made it to the Strassburg RR is an interesting one-it made its way to Pennsy's Enola yard only to be flooded by Hurricane Agnes one of the most devastating storms in Pennsylvania history (I believe it was 1971 0r 1972).

Just a minor correction, 89 is an ex CN 2-6-0, not a ten wheeler.

WauhopM Wrote:
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> Of course the story of how this engine made it to
> the Strassburg RR is an interesting one-it made
> its way to Pennsy's Enola yard only to be flooded
> by Hurricane Agnes one of the most devastating
> storms in Pennsylvania history (I believe it was
> 1971 0r 1972

It was the Wilkes Barre Buttonwood yard and the messenger was a young Linn Moedinger, who if I remember the story correctly (I got it first hand), watched the water swirl down the stack from the second floor of a fire house adjacent to the yard.

TL

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WauhopM Wrote:
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> Of course the story of how this engine made it to
> the Strassburg RR is an interesting one-it made
> its way to Pennsy's Enola yard only to be flooded
> by Hurricane Agnes one of the most devastating
> storms in Pennsylvania history (I believe it was
> 1971 0r 1972).

Hurricane Agnes struck Pennsylvania in 1972. It exacerbated the already precarious financial condition of some northeastern railroads.