Links below to:
Railroads / Government / Other Advocacy Groups / Railfan sites / Environmental Organizations / Friends of VRAN
Links on this page have some relationship to Vermont. For other rail links, more than you ever wanted to know can be found at trainweb.com, the information portal for all things rail.
Railroads
Vermont Rail System
An affiliation of four Vermont-based shortlines; the Vermont Railway, the Green Mountain Railroad, the Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad, and the Washington County Railroad, operating mostly over state-owned track.
New England Central Railroad
Runs the length of Vermont, from the Canadian border at Alburgh to New London, Connecticut, via St.Albans - Montpelier Jct - White River Jct - Bellows Falls - Brattleboro. Burlington is served on a branch. Carries mostly lumber and newsprint, as well as propane and wood chip biomass for producing green energy for Burlington Electric. Part of RailAmerica.
St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad
cuts through a corner of Vermont through Island Pond
Pan-Am Railway (Springfield Terminal)
The former Guilford Transporation and Boston & Maine. Runs up the Connecticut River valley and across the southwest corner of Vermont, via Pownell. Wikipedia entry for Pan-Am Railway.
Claremont & Concord Railroad
Switching operations in Claremont NH and West Lebanon NH (interchanging in White River Junction, VT)
Providence & Worcester Railroad Co
Government
Vermont state Rail Program, Agency of Transportation Operations Division
Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization
Other Rail Advocacy Groups
Trainriders Northeast
Regional passenger rail advocacy group, headquartered in Maine.
Promoting passenger service between Brattleboro VT, Amherst and Palmer MA, Storrs, Willimantic and New London CT
NARP: National Association of Railroad Passengers
GoRail
Freight oriented national lobby group.
Freight Rail Works
Advertising campaign promoting the benefits of freight rail
empire state passengers association
Other rail advocacy groups around the country (list of links from Trainweb)
Railfan Sites - Current Operations
NERAIL Railroad Photos
Railfan Sites - Historical
Rutland Railway Association
Rutland Railroad Historical Society
Central Vermont Railway Historical Society Home Page
