for grinnell mutual reinsurance company see grinnell mutual . green mountain railroad reporting mark gmrc locale vermont new hampshire and new york dates of operation 1964 to present track gauge 4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gauge headquarters burlington vermont 1 website www.vermontrailway.com the green mountain railroad reporting mark gmrc is a class iii railroad operating in vermont . gmrc operates on tracks that had been owned by the rutland railroad and boston and maine railroad . the railroad operates on a rail line between north walpole new hampshire and rutland vermont . corporate colors are green and yellow . once owned by f. nelson blount the founder of steamtown usa gmrc controlled the tracks that were used for steamtown s excursions between riverside station in bellows falls and chester vermont . after blount s death in 1967 gmrc changed hands and a bitter relationship between two organizations developed . 2 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 former units of the green mountain railroad fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit the green mountain railroad was formed in early 1964 when f. nelson blount who also operated a museum of steam locomotives called steamtown usa in north walpole new hampshire convinced the state of vermont to acquire 52 miles 84 km of track between bellows falls and rutland which he would operate as the green mountain railroad . 3 also in 1964 incorporation papers were filed for the steamtown foundation for the preservation of steam and railroad americana . the first order of business for the non profit charitable educational organization was to acquire the blount collection at north walpole and relocate it to property once owned by the rutland railroad in bellows falls . 4 in 1966 the gmrc obtained trackage rights over boston and maine track between bellows falls and north walpole allowing the gmrc access to servicing and storage facilities for locomotives which had previously been lacking . blount was killed when his private airplane hit a tree during an emergency landing in marlborough new hampshire on august 31 1967 . 5 he had held the controlling interest in the gmrc owning 746 of the 750 shares of the company . in 1968 in response to blount s death 49 % of the railroad s shares were sold to private investors with the remainder being held by robert adams president of the railroad from 1968 until 1978 . 6 by 1976 the relationship between steamtown and gmrc was strained as the two organizations fought over maintenance of the tracks which were owned by the state of vermont . 2 steamtown relocated to scranton pennsylvania in 1983 and shortly afterward gmrc began offering its own passenger excursions on diesel powered trains over the same stretch of track . during the 1980s the gmrc struggled to maintain consistent profits relying largely on on line traffic . despite a position as a bridge carrier between the delaware and hudson railroad and later the clarendon and pittsford railway at rutland and the boston and maine at north walpole this traffic was limited as the boston and maine was consistently unfriendly towards the green mountain . reflecting this uncomfortable position the gmrc s traffic during the 1980s was generally less than 2000 cars moved per year . in 1986 a strike at the delaware & hudson led to the evaporation of what little overhead traffic the railroad was handling . during the early 1990s however overhead traffic like limestone and fly ash had increased making up for a decrease in traditional on line traffic like talc . by the mid 1990s traffic had increased to upwards of 4 000 annual carloads and has increased today to upwards of 5 000 annual carloads . when the new england central railroad commenced operations in 1995 this allowed the gmrc to offer service southward on the necr which had previously been prohibitively expensive when the route was owned by the central vermont railroad . in 1997 the gmrc was acquired by the vermont railway forming the basis for the vermont rail system which would grow to include five railroads in vermont and one in new york . 6 fleet edit as of october 2013 the gmrc s fleet consisted of the following 6 green mountain railroad alco rs1 405 at bellows falls vt. this engine is former rutland railway 405 and it is the oldest engine on the gmr fleet . number type power manufacturer and date manufactured notes 302 gp40 3 000 hp emd 1971 304 emd gp40 3 000 hp emd 1971 305 emd gp40 3 000 hp emd 1970 405 alco rs 1 1 000 hp alco 1951 804 emd gp 9 rebuild 1 750 hp emd 1955 former units of the green mountain railroad fleet edit these units are no longer in service on the green mountain railroad . they have either been sold to other railroads or have been scrapped for parts . 89 2 6 0 former canadian national railway . purchased by the strasburg rail road in 1972 . 303 s4 former delaware and houdson 3036 later sold to the quincy railway . after serving on the gmr sold to the claremont and concord railway in the 1980s . 305 s4 former delaware & hudson 3050 . became a people s mover mover and repainted black and white . later became washington county 406 and repainted back in gmr colors . 400 alco rs 1 former gulf mobile & ohio 1053 . later sold to danbury railway museum in early 1996 and repainted as new york new haven and hartford railroad 673 . 401 rs1 former itc 756 sold to catskill mountain railroad in the late 1990s . 901 gp9 cannibalized for parts later scrapped . 1848 gp9 former bangor & aroostook 76 sold to the belvidere and delaware river railway in 1996 . 1849 gp9 former burlington northern 1849 originally northern pacific 223 sold to the belvidere and delaware river railway in 1996 . 1850 803 gp9 former chesapeake & ohio 6181 renumbered 803 in 1997 sold to the belvidere and delaware river railway in 2006 and renumbered back to 1850 . 3026 s2 former delaware and hudson 3026 . was going to be green mountain 302 but was in too poor condition to run . it was cannibalized for parts and scrapped in the 1980s . references edit contact . scenic vermont train rides . green mountain railroad . retrieved 2015 01 17 . a b steamtown seeks increased control over tracks . lewiston daily news . october 5 1976 . pg . 10 accessed july 14 2010 for a detailed history of the railroad see nimke r. w. green mountain railroad southern vermont s mountain railroad 1995 r. w. nimke publisher . sawyer mina titus . maine s iron horses head for their last dramatic round up . lewiston evening journal . february 1 1964 . accessed july 12 2010 millionaire dies in plane crash . the milwaukee journal september 1 1967 . pg . 2 . accessed july 14 2010 a b c jones robert c. 2006 . vermont rail system a railroad renaissance . evergreen press . isbn 0 9667264 5 6 . external links edit railways portal official website rutland railway association v t e common carrier railroads of new hampshire current ccrr gmrc necr negs nhcr nhn par slr vtr v t e common carrier railroads of vermont current ccrr clp cmq cn gmrc necr nhcr par slq slr vtr wacr former cv mma v t e common carrier railroads of new york current apd ara bh bkrr bprr bsor clp cn cnyk cp csxt dlwr fglk frr gmrc hrrc lal lbr mhwa mnj mstr ns nya nyle nynj nyog nysw ohry omid onct par pw rsr sb sny vtr wcor wnyp v t e mass transit in the state of vermont regional transit buses addison county transit resources actr chittenden county transportation authority ccta connecticut river transit crt deerfield valley transit association dvta green mountain community network gmcn green mountain transit authority gmta marble valley regional transit district mvtrd advance transit at rural community transportation rct stagecoach transportation services sts intercity buses vermont translines rail transportation ethan allen express vermonter champlain flyer defunct montrealer defunct since 1995 green mountain railroad vermont railway new england central railroad related organizations vermont public transportation association vpta retrieved from https 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