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Upcoming Events
Rutland to Hoosick Jct Excursion
20.05.2012; Special Train!
via Manchester & N Bennington . . .
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Glory Days of the Railroad
08.09.2012; Festival
www.vtglorydaysfestival.com . . . White River Junction
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Rutland Train Show
22.09.2012; Exhibition
Rutland Railway Association Train Show -- at the Howe Center Read More...
VRAN Annual Meeting-Middlebury
23.10.2012 - 31.12.1969; Meeting with Dinner
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Environmental Benefits of Rail
44% of greenhouse gasses in Vermont are produced by transportation (nationally, it's 28%). If we are serious about the environment we have to change transportation.
Shipping by rail instead of truck reduces pollution (on average) by two-thirds, noise by one half, uses only 29% of the fuel and produces only 23% as much greenhouse gasses. Freight Rail Carbon Calculator
The U.S. transportation system is 96% petroleum dependent, accounts for 71% of the country’s oil use, and consumes 25% of the world’s net output.
Passenger trains are 20-40% more efficient. But consider: if the train is already going there, the carbon footprint of you riding it is *zero* !
Rail facilitates better land use, which may make the biggest difference.
