New England Central Train 324 Over the Summit at Roxbury

NECR 324 with a pair of SD40-2’s works hard up the ~1.3% grade to Roxbury, VT on a cold winter day with the snow line above the rails. As the train passes the camera, it has reached the summit and begins its decline downhill to White River Junction, VT. Powering the train is NECR SD40M-2 2716 and CSOR SD40-2 3771 on the morning of February 10, 2013, with a decent size train in tow of loaded goods from Canadian National in Canada. The time is 0830, over 90 minutes after sunrise, but the shadows have barely r