4-6-0

G Class 4-6-0 Type

This group consisted of eleven locomotives. Three were built Baldwin in 1889 (Numbers 200-202). six were built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1892 (Numbers 203-208), and two were built by Schenectady in 1892 (Numbers 209-210). They all had 19x24 inch cylinders but the Baldwin engines had 55 inch drivers, the Rhode Island engines had 57 inch drivers, and the Schenectady engines had 64 inch drivers. Most were scrapped or sold between 1923 and 1928 except the two Schenectady engines that lasted until 1934-1935.

200 is at Montpeliar in 1908

201 at St. Albans in 1914. Sold to a quarry in Quebec and converted to a 2-6-0 before delivery in 1927.

203 was a Rhode Island product. Photographed at St. Albans in 1914.

206 at Burlington in 1908.

209 was a Schenectady product with 64" drivers.

209 at Montpelier Junction in 1932.

210 survived until August 1935. Photographed at Burlington in 1924.

I-6 Class 4-6-0 Type

This group consisted of seven engines built by Schenectady; three in 1904 (I-6-b 211-213) and four in 1906 (I-6-c 214-217). All had 73 inch drivers for passenger service. Four were scrapped in 1928, one in 1935, and two in 1941.

212 was one of the three built in 1904.

217 was one of the four built in 1906. Photographed in St. Albans in 1915.

I-6-b 213 at St. Albans in 1936.

I-6-b 213 at Essex Junction.

I-6-c 214 at St. Albans in 1935.

I-6-b 212 at Palmer April 25, 1930

I-6-c 214

I-6-c 214 with a railfan special at New London August 23, 1936. The first car is a Boston & Albany coach suggesting the special may have come from Boston via Palmer. The New Haven is on the fill on the left.

I-7-a Class 4-6-0 Type

This group consisted of four locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady; three in 1915 (218-220) and one in 1916 (221). The engines were built a few years after the Central Vermont had purchased 4-6-2 type locomotives with 73 inch drivers. However, the less powerful I-7's had 69 inch drivers suitable for grades and mixed service. One was scrapped in 1943, one in 1952 and one in 1955. Number 220 was retired in 1955 but has been preserved at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont.

The builder's portrait of I-7-a 218 at Schenectady.

219 at Brattleboro in 1938.

218 at St. Albans in 1930 with a Worthington BL feedwater heater.

219 at New London. The socket in the foreground is for a push pole to manually move the turntable.

419 at New London

220 at St. Albans in 1931.

220 at St. Albans in 1935

221 at Brattleboro in 1938. The Coffin feedwater heater is mounted above the smokebox.

Usually they are countersunk inside the smokebox or mounted in front.

221 in July 1941. Large smoke lifters were uncommon on small locomotives.