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THE ENGINEER OF the Amtrak train that pulled into the new Middlebury station for the first time in July.
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AROUND 200 PEOPLE awaited the arrival of the first Ethan Allen Express passenger train at the downtown Middlebury rail platform on Friday. Among them were Nyna Cole of Weybridge, right, and her long-time summer camp friend Ashley Rodgers, who lives in Southern New England.
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ETHAN ALLEN EXPRESS passenger Gregor Clark gets ready to board the train at the new Middlebury Amtrak station.
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ERIC MCFERRAN, who attended the Ethan Allen Express opening day celebration in Middlebury, said he was more excited for this train than the flying of the Concorde.
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THE CONDUCTOR OF the Ethan Allen Express on the new Middlebury platform last week.
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MARY O’BRIEN AND Mark Lucas of Starksboro present their tickets before boarding the Ethan Allen Express train in Middlebury; they were celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary. This was the first passenger train in Addison County with service to New York City since 1953. The $77 million rail project that turned downtown Middlebury upside down the past five years made this trip possible.
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FOLKS CHEER THE arrival of the Ethan Allen Express at the new Middlebury platform.
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TOWN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING Middlebury Selectboard Chair Brian Carpenter, attended the opening celebration of the new Middlebury train platform.
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People waiting on the Middlebury platform happily greet the arrival of the first Amtrak train on July 29.
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THE FIRST PASSENGER rail stop in Addison County since 1953 occurred in Ferrisburgh on the morning of Friday, July 29, when this Amtrak train pulled into the Ferrisburgh-Vergennes rail depot just a few minutes after its scheduled 10:44 arrival on its way to Middlebury and eventually New York City.
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MARY O’BRIEN AND Mark Lucas of Starksboro boarded the Ethan Allen Express train in Middlebury this past Friday morning; they were celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary. This was the first passenger train in Addison County with service to New York City since 1953. The $77 million rail project that turned downtown Middlebury upside down the past five years made this trip possible.
Independent photo/Steve James
