Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-11
RAILROAD SERVICE
IS MUCH IMPROVED
Trains Running and Some of
Them Nearly on Time-Snow
PlOw Wrecked at Isle La Motto
While Trying to Buck a Big
Drift

Practically ali of the trains on both the
Rutland and Central Vermont railroads
were running again Monday and some
of them very nearly on schedule time.
During the morning and afternoon the
Rutland trains north of this city were
detoured over the Central Vermont be-
cause of the wreck OF the snow p,ow at
Isle La Motto, but by night that was
cleared UP and the 6:35, which was about
four hours late, went up through the
islands. For tho benefit Of the people
in the islands, however, a special train
was sent up about five o'clock to Grand
Isle and North Hero. This came back
as a milk train and went on to New York.
Beginning with Monday mornings
s!eepere, the situation looked more prom
i9ing. The New York to Montreal
sleeper due at 447 arrived at 5:57 and
went on to Montreal over the Central
Vermont, and Sundays Boston slepeer,
which h/l been stuck In the snow on
the Bellows Falls division, arrived about
1890 a. m. This train ran only to Bur
lington. Sunday mornings New York
to Montreal sleeper which followed the
derailed snow pillow Sunday night re-
turned to Burlington about II O'Clock Mon
DAY morning and was broken UP and
sent down as part of the sleepers last
night. 1t took some time to clear up the
tracks at Isle La Motto so traffic could
he resumed. The accident happened
when the snow pillow, which was being
pushed by two engines and two cabooses,
made a great effort to pillow through an
exceptionally high drift. Instead OF
going through, the plow flew up and to
pieces and the first engine and the for
ward trucks Of the second were derailed
The sleeper returned with two engines
on each end. Another incident which
at first looked as though it was going &c
further hold up traffic on the Rutland
road was the derailment of a snow pillow
at East Wallingford. This was soon re-
rallied, however, and traffic resumed.
The line through to New York Mon
day seemed practically clear and the trains
running to and from New York and points
along that route were as nearly on time
as any. There was still a little trouble
on the line to Boston and Montreal, but
the trains over those lines were improv-
ing their time as the day advanced. Be.
cause of the trouble between here and
Montreal "A section of the Montreal tc
New York flyer was made up at Burling.
ton and left for the south at one O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The $40 sleeper
for Boston was made up at Burlington
ann left an hour late, and
the Montreal to New York sleeper, due tc
leave at 1851. left nearly on time. The
l1:2o was reported about on time.
Over the Central Vermont road the
travel was nearly normal. The Boston
Il Maine, however. has refused to carry
any heavy equipment until conditions
improve so there will be no diners OF
parlor cars on the Central Vermont trains
and the 10:45 Monday night carried nc
~isleepers. This left about on time.
ENTIRE RAILROAD BLOCKED
Woodstock, the shire town of Windsor
county, has been completely ISOLATED b,
the storm. The 14-mile railroad between
that place and White River junction
Is blocked by drifts with the pillow IL
Woodstock and the engines In Whit,
River Junction. Until the Central Yer
mont or Boston & Maine road can spar
a snow plow, therefore,. Woodstock ant
the other places on the line are likel,
to be shut off from the rest of the world
especially since the highway which prac
tically parallels the railroad also Is i'm
paSsable.