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<\/p>\nYears ago I\u2019d ride my ten-speed bicycle to the Stafford Hollow Road Bridge in Monson, Massachusetts. I\u2019d wait for Central Vermont\u2019s freight to New London.<\/p>\n
If I was lucky, I\u2019d catch CV working upgrade with GP9s\/Alco RS-11 making a healthy roar as they approached Stateline Summit.<\/p>\n
On the morning May 31, 2017, I was leaving the Monson Post Office (having just mailed a letter to Ireland) when I heard New England Central 608 (running south from Palmer to Willimantic) tackling the grade in town.<\/p>\n
I was surprised to see a Providence & Worcester GP38-2 in the lead. I supposed since New England Central and P&W are now both in the Genesee & Wyoming family it makes sense that the locomotives of these two connecting lines would get a bit mixed up.<\/p>\n
Regardless, I knew that this would make for an interesting photograph. Among the places I caught 608 was at my old Stafford Hollow Road location.<\/p>\n
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My late friend Bob Buck had photographed here since the 1940s and always called the location ‘Smith\u2019s Bridge’. I know he would have been delighted to see these photos of a P&W GP38-2 leading the southward freight.<\/p>\n
Years ago I\u2019d ride my ten-speed bicycle to the Stafford Hollow Road Bridge in Monson, Massachusetts. I\u2019d wait for Central Vermont\u2019s freight to New London. If I was lucky, I\u2019d catch CV working upgrade with GP9s\/Alco RS-11 making a healthy roar as they approached Stateline Summit. On the morning May 31, 2017, I was leaving … Continue reading Smith\u2019s Bridge, Monson, Massachusetts\u2014May 31, 2017<\/span>