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Todd's Railfan Guide to
ST ALBANS VT
 

In General
Getting Here
Map
Sights
Pictures
Signals
Amtrak
Floobydust
USGS Maps


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In General

Location / Name:
St Albans VT, ol

What's Here:
NECR Yard
Amtrak Station
Roundhouse
Wye

Data:
GPS Coordinates: 44.812273, -73.086088 (at the Amtrak Station)
Phone A/C: 802
ZIP: 05478

Access by train/transit:
Amtrak Vermonter, originates in Washington DC
Next closest city with an additional train is Rutland VT with the Montrealer, about 90 miles south

The Scoop:

St Albans is the northern terminus for the NECR: New England Central RR, a Genesee and Wyoming railroad.

The Canadian National comes down from Montreal and interchanges with the NECR.

Amtrak has a once daily train, which speeds along to Washington DC in roughly 13 hours.

A grade crossing on the north side of town at Bingham Rd seems to be a popular favorite.  A train derailed there some time ago.

PS...... If you read about the Train Station at 248 N Main St, unless you are into gyms, don't bother, it's nothing train related.....

Acknowledgements:
Denver Todd
Aaron Keller

Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/stalbans.htm


Getting Here

The St Albans State Highway exit (19) off of I-89 puts you just south of the Amtrak station, the wye, and the yard.

NOTICE: that exits on Vermont's interstates are NOT mileage related, one of the few state's if not the last one to number them in this manner.... BEWARE!!!



Map









Sights


  The Amtrak Station

The



  The Roundhouse and Wye









Brigham Rd Crossing / North Junction

Looks like a great spot to catch incoming CN trains from Canada, and NECR trains, as seen in the picture section.









Signals


  Brigham Rd

So what's your guess?  R/Y over R???

 







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The



Pictures



From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJisdm9Fi_w

  From same source as above

  North Junction/Brigham Rd, from same video clip as above


  From the 1950's, maybe???




Amtrak


The following picture comes from: https://history.amtrak.com/archives/northbound-montrealer-at-st.-albans-vt




 



  


Floobydust


The St Albans Foundry Company





Historical USGS Maps


Courtesy of the University of Texas Library, click here for their index page.



Disclaimers:

I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.

Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct.  Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)

My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning.  Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented.  Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost!  I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches.  ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them.  If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.  Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.

Aerial shots were taken from either Google Maps or www.bing.com/maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given!  Please be NICE!!!  Contact info is here


Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly being inaccurate, wrong, or not true.

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