2-6-0

CLASS D AND E 2-6-0 MOGUL TYPE

In 1920 the Central Vermont rostered about two dozen Moguls built between 1883 and 1893 but nearly all were retired by 1928. D-2a 315 lasted until 1934 and E-7a 397 lasted until 1939.

Number 98 was built by Baldwin in 1890. It became Class D Number 327; retired in 1920.

Class D 322 (ex 93) was built by Baldwin in 1890; retired in 1926. Photographed at Montpelier in 1924.

Class D 334 (ex 81) was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1884; retired in 1923.

Photographed at St. Albans in 1914

Class D-1-a 208 was an ex 4-6-0 rebuilt in 1920. Built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1892; retired in 1925.

Photographed at St. Albans in 1919.

D-2-a 315 (ex 23) was built by Baldwin in 1887; scrapped in 1934. Photographed at St. Albans in 1931.

315 at St. Albans awaiting scrapping not long after the previous photograph.

E-7-a 397 was Grand Trunk Railway 1394 purchased in 1917.

Number 1394 had been built by the GTR shops in Montreal in 1900. It was scrapped in 1939.

397 was the only E class on the Central Vermont roster. It had 22x26 inch cylinders and 63 inch drivers while D class engines had 19x26 inch cylinders and 57 or 58 inch drivers. Photographed at St. Albans in 1934.

THAMES RIVER RACES

The Central Vermont and the New Haven used flatcars with bleachers and shelters in trains which paced the rowers on the Thames River during the popular races near New London; the CV on the west bank and the NYNH&H on the east bank of the river. Below is an Associated Press Photo of the Central Vermont observation train which paced the 69th race between Yale and Harvard on June 19, 1931..