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Viewing Album:  Steamtown, back when it was up in Bellows Falls, VT
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:9/14/1975 - 9/14/1975
Album Info:Before moving to Scranton, Steamtown USA was a display of F. Nelson Blount's steam locomotive collection about a mile north of Bellows Falls, VT. Besides the collection on display, they operated a steam-powered excursion train up the Williams River Valley to Chester Depot.
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CP 1278 at Bellows Falls
Title:  CP 1278 at Bellows Falls
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/23/2012 10:12:18 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1278(4-6-2)
Views:  881   Comments: 1
Around the turntable at the former Steamtown USA site
Title:  Around the turntable at the former Steamtown USA site
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:55:33 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  676   Comments: 2
That's me in the cab!
Title:  That's me in the cab!
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:54:39 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 2929(4-6-0)
Views:  1063   Comments: 2
CP 1278 at Bellows Falls
Title:  CP 1278 at Bellows Falls
Description:  This locomotive ended up on the Gettysburg RR, where it had a catastrophic boiler failure due to low water
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:56:12 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1278(4-6-2)
Views:  1185   Comments: 0
CP 1278
Title:  CP 1278
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:57:20 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1278(4-6-2)
Views:  982   Comments: 0
CP 1278 at Chester Depot
Title:  CP 1278 at Chester Depot
Description:  Steamtown ran a scenic excursion up to Chester, Vt - one of the same routes now operated as the Green Mountain Flyer. CPR 1278 met an untimely demise at the Gettysburg RR, where it had a catastrophic boiler failure due to low water. It's now at the OCRR
Photo Date:  9/14/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:57:59 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1278(4-6-2)
Views:  1010   Comments: 0
CP 1293 highballs past the Rockingham grade crossing
Title:  CP 1293 highballs past the Rockingham grade crossing
Description:  Columbus Day Weekend, and the peak of fall foliage in Vermont; The fireman's waving to the kid at the grade crossing, and the rods are down. A fortuitous shot!
Photo Date:  10/7/1978  Upload Date: 1/23/2012 10:12:56 PM
Location:  Rockingham, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1293(4-6-2)
Views:  1253   Comments: 1
CP 1293 running around the trainset
Title:  CP 1293 running around the trainset
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/1978  Upload Date: 1/23/2012 10:13:37 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1293(4-6-2)
Views:  817   Comments: 0
CP 1293
Title:  CP 1293
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/1978  Upload Date: 1/23/2012 10:14:13 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CP 1293(4-6-2)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
CP 1293, back when Steamtown USA was running out of Bellows Falls, VT
Title:  CP 1293, back when Steamtown USA was running out of Bellows Falls, VT
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1980  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 7:52:14 AM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1293(4-6-2)
Views:  1210   Comments: 0
Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816, "The Empress" back when Steamtown was in Bellows Falls, VT
Title:  Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816, "The Empress" back when Steamtown was in Bellows Falls, VT
Description:  Thats a younger me hanging off the side of CP 2816 at the old Steamtown site in Bellows Falls, VT. Three decades after this picture was taken, CP 2816 was restored by Canadian Pacific, and currently runs excursions.
Photo Date:  10/15/1980  Upload Date: 11/18/2010 8:23:38 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2816(4-6-4)
Views:  4124   Comments: 0
CP 2929
Title:  CP 2929
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/1981  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:53:45 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CP 2929(4-6-0)
Views:  1062   Comments: 0

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