New England Central Railroad
The New England Central Railroad ( NECR ) is a regional railway company in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire ( USA) and in Quebec ( Canada ), based in St. Albans.
History
The company was established on February 4, 1995 as a subsidiary of RAILTEX, and took over the ownership of the Central Vermont Railway of the Canadian National Railway. The over 600 km long main line train runs from New London (Connecticut) over Palmer (Massachusetts ), Brattleboro (Vermont ), Claremont (New Hampshire) and Montpelier (Vermont ) to Cantic (Québec). In addition, it owns in Vermont Zweigstrecken of Montpelier Junction to Barre and from Essex Junction to Burlington. On these routes, the NECR operates freight. Between Palmer and St. Albans used with the Vermonter, an express Amtrak, the main route. 2000 RAILTEX and thus the NECR was acquired by RailAmerica.
Locomotives
2007 were the railway company 33 EMD locomotives available, eleven of which were leased. This fleet consisted of two SD9M, 19 GP38 three GP40, two SD40, four SD40 -2, a GP15 -1 and two GP40 -2W, of whom four GP38 and the SD40 -2, GP15 -1 and GP40 -2W are leased.