SWITCHERS

0-6-0 and 0-8-0 Switching Locomotives

Class 0-9-a 0-6-0 Type

The only Central Vermont Railway 0-6-0 switchers were three locomotives originally numbered 1215-1217 and renumbered 387-389. They were built by the Lima Locomotive works in 1912. Two were scrapped in 1952 and one in 1954.

387 at St. Albans in 1937.

388 at Montpelier Junction in 1936.

387 at White River Junction in 1940

O-9-a 389

389 at St. Albans in 1937

Class P-1-a 0-8-0 Type

The only Central Vermont Railway 0-8-0 switchers were eight built by the American Locomotive Company at its Schenectady Works in 1923 numbered 500 to 507. Four (502-503 and 505-506) were sent to the Canadian National in 1942 in exchange for three diesel locomotives. One of the remaining engines was scrapped in 1956 and three in 1959.

P-1-a 500

502 at St. Albans in 1934. The P-1-a, which was exchanged for a diesel, has only a single air pump.

503 at St. Albans on May 4, 1939 about three years before being sent to the Canadian National.

504 at St. Albans. The 504 did not have an Elesco feedwater heater.

504 at St. Albans with white driver rims, axle ends and running board edges.

504 at St. Albans June 2, 1956 by S. K. Bolton, Jr.

505 at New London in 1933. The P-1-a was one of four traded for three diesels.

505 at White River Junction by H. P. Stearns.

507 at Brattleboro May 22, 1955 photographed by Edward J. Ozog.

507 at New London.

507 at Brattleboro by Donald M. Fellows.

507 at New London.

My first encounter with a P-1-a. 500 is leaving the Brattleboro turntable in May 1954.

PHOTO BY THE EDWARD J. OZOG