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WACR 804 finally gets back underway

517 views · Published 7 April 2009 · 4:15 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: FL92002 · 2009 · Travel & Events

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After a few moments of the conductor trying to find the owner of the white pick up truck, things get underway again.  Here, we are in the cab of WACR 804, which is an excursion train that was chartered by the Mass Bay RRE club.  Today's consist is Green Mountain GP9R 804 (hence the symbol name WACR 804), and 2 old Green Mountain coaches; 1312 (right behind the engine), and 1323 bringing up the markers.  We are at MP 0.0, and we are now heading south towards Barre, which is about six and a half miles away.  In this video, we start at MP 1.2 and proceed out of the heart of Montpelier towards Barre and skirt the Winooski River.  The video ends at one of the main crossings just outside of the downtown area.  Enjoy the sound of the old cast K5LA and the slight rev of the 567C.  Unfortunately, track speed is 10 MPH, so we couldn't rev it up too much.  As a side note, the 804 was built in 1955 as N&W 13, and was then rebuilt in 1978 into a GP9R, where it had its high hood lowered on the short hood, and was converted into a short hood forward engine.  However, the control stand is still set up on the long hood forward side of the cab.  If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me.  Comments are welcome.  The video was taken on April 4th, 2009.

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