survived well into current times. BKRR 4116 is ex-D&H 4116 and continues to wear its preserved G&J paint job. BKRR 605 was purchased from the Vermont Railway, but was originally Lehigh & Hudson River 10. The 605 is painted in bright orange, black, yellow, and silver. Traffic on the BKRR is primarily ag- ricultural, with the big rush coming in spring and early summer. Once the fer- tilizer season has subsided, operations become oriented to more of an “as-need- ed” basis. The enginehouse and offices are located in Greenwich. Regular oper- ations are typically twice a week, with the locomotive stored near Eagle Bridge during the warmer months. The Cargill feed mill and Carovail fertilizer plant are centered near Greenwich Junction (just south of Salem, N.Y.). Interchange is accomplished with Pan Am Southern 16 miles south at Eagle Bridge. Speed is never an issue on the Batten
TOP: Having brought their interchange cars earlier to North Bennington, the crew of Pan Am Southern’s AD-1 is heading back to home rails at Hoosick Junction, N.Y. MEC 382 and 313 sparkle in the sun as they cross the Walloomsac River in North Hoosick with Omya limestone slurry tank cars destined for the paper mills of Maine on May 15, 2012. RIGHT: GMRC 305 and 304 head west for Rut- land on April 24, 2009, passing the old Rutland station at Ludlow, Vt. From here the train will drift down the grade by the Okemo Ski slopes before shortly tackling the ascent to Summit. BELOW: Colorful Batten Kill Alco RS3 No. 605 (ex-Lehigh & Hudson River 10) returns from the interchange at Eagle Bridge N.Y., crossing the Hoosic River on May 8, 2014. The fertilizer business is in full swing and the railroad has been busy servicing both industries at Green- wich Junction (just south of Salem, N.Y.).
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