CoalDust
@coaldust.bsky.social
Drawer of ponies & Liker of Trains (he/they) 30
The CBC's predecessor the CRBC had itself taken over the operation of the Canadian National Railways Radio Department on April 1, 1933. The CN Radio Department and its network of stations was originally developed to entertain passengers travelling on long-distance trains.
According to Amtrak, in the last fiscal year, 131,000 people got on or off an Amtrak train in Vermont.
Vermont sees 40% jump in Amtrak ridership since before pandemic
It has been four years since Amtrak service returned to Burlington, connecting the Queen City to New York City. Now the state is seeing high ridership numbers.
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Today I learned the writer of 'Steelways of New England' wrote many other books. The first was published 100 YEARS AGO and ITS ABOUT CANALS!!!
Fall foliage trains are running all weekend on the Conn River line from St J and look who’s back in town! (Volume up for alco rumble)
Oct 4, 1873: over a weekend, the Grand Trunk converts its 421-mile (678 km) main line between Stratford and Montreal from broad to standard gauge. The task was made easier since it was partially done on a Sunday, when there was virtually no activity over the line.
I’m super rusty, but I’m gonna try and participate in ponytober this year
InkKey@inkkeystudios.bsky.social · 2mo agoWelcome Artists to PONYTOBER 2026! A fun art challenge for the month of October. Sketch, draw, write, sculpt, any thing you want based on the word of the day. Remember this is for FUN! No pressure~! Try to remember tag your posts with #Ponytober26 <3 #Mlp #Art #ArtChallenge
One of my highlights from the White River train show. I got to run my loose representation of the Boston & Maine/Canadian Pacific’s ’Alouette‘
An express Vermonter flying by @coaldust.bsky.social ‘s modules as his B&M passenger train comes the other direction
I need to rewatch ‘Cars’ and keep track of how many of em are using their directional
Sep 17, 1851: the Boston Railroad Jubilee begins, celebrating the international rail connection between that city and Montreal. Among the American luminaries attending the Jubilee were U.S. President Millard Fillmore and Secretary of State Daniel Webster.
im going to this! If you are in VT or NH and like small trains, its a nice little show! Not huge, but very nice ^^
TrainShows.net@trainshows.net · 4mo agoNew model train show added: Upper Valley Model Railroad Show September 19, 2026 10am-3pm Connecticut Valley Auto Auction White River Junction, Vermont, USA
Last day of running trains at the fair. Felt like an appropriate day for a last run of the milk train. No Railway Post Office car, as they usually weren’t run on Sundays.
Sep 5, 1960: the Grand Trunk (New England) ends year-round Montreal-Portland, Maine passenger service. Summer-only service ran until 1966. Portland was once the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada's eastern terminus, with considerable passenger traffic between it and Montreal.
Sep 4, 1966: the Boston & Maine Railroad ends all of its intercity passenger train operations. It continued to run commuter trains in the Boston area, subsidized by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Another great day running trains at the Champlain Valley fair, more to post later!
Still running trains at the fair with the model train club. Today on HO Layout. Saw a string of Rutland passenger cars and couldn’t resist putting my RS3 in front of them
Running trains at the fair again this year with the model train club.
Another glorious tanker commission for my friend
wanted to make a post from the highlight of my year when @featherhors.bsky.social invited me to the Czech Republic and showed me a bunch of cool trains
