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Abstract: Collection of a wide variety of material relating to the Rutland Railroad, its predecessor the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, and the Central Vermont Railroad and New York Central Railroad, both of which had controlling interest in the Rutland Railroad at different times. Material types include annual reports, blueprints, correspondence, financial records, legal proceedings, ledgers, manuscript material, photographs, and valuation records.
Material in the archives is broadly arranged by material type and then alphabetically, chronologically or geographically depending on the original organization of the material received from various donors.
The predecessor of the Rutland Railroad, the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, was chartered on November 1, 1843 and completed the first railroad in Vermont in December 1849. In 1867 the Rutland Railroad was chartered as the successor to the Rutland & Burlington Railroad. Between 1871 and 1896 the Rutland Railroad was leased to the Central Vermont Railroad and the New York Central Railroad had a controlling interest in the Rutland Railroad from 1904 to 1911. The Rutland Railroad entered receivership in 1938 and was reorganized in 1950. Labor strikes in 1961 led to the abandonment of the railroad in 1963. The State of Vermont purchased much of the right-of-way and much of the trackage is now operated by Vermont Railway.
The railroads opened Vermont's lumber, dairy, granite, marble and slate industries to large eastern markets and railroads also promoted Vermont as a tourist attraction. The development of interstate highways and the growth of motor vehicle usage contributed to the decline of railroads.
Most of the material in the archives has been donated by members of the Rutland Railroad Historical Society, but this material has been supplmented by stock certificates, maps, legal agreements, and real photo postcards purchased from various vendors of antiquarian items.
Open for research without restrictions.
The Rutland Railroad Archives was established in 2001 as a result of collaboration between the library at Middlebury College and members of the Rutland Railroad Historical Society. The following members have donated material to the archives: Bill Badger, Don Boucher, Warren Dodgson, Phil Jordan, Randy LaFramboise, Chris Martin, Steve Mumley, Ralph Notaristefano, and David Saums.
In addition, members of the Rutland Railroad Historical Society have established the Heaton L. Bullock Memorial Fund to support the preservation and conservation of material donated to the archives.
Copy of article from Autumn 1973 issue of Vermont Life.
Agreement of Consolidation: Chatham & Lebanon Valley Railroad and Rutland Railroad Company forming Rutland Railroad Company. November 1st, 1901. 36 pages.
Agreement dated April 1, 1912, on the Rutland Railroad Equipment Trust of 1912.
Bennington and Rutland Railway. Freight way-bill from Bennington, Vt. to Chester. Dated September 16, 1885.
Bennington and Rutland Railway. Way-bill from East Dorset to Chester, Vt. via Rutland. Dated Aug. 18, 1891.
Bennington and Rutland Railway. Way-bill to Chester.
Rutland & Burlington R. R. Way Bill from Chester.
Folders for Directors meetings for 1918, 1928, 1929, 1942-1946, 1948, 1949.
Rutland Railroad Company. Valuation Department.
White Creek, N. Y. to Alburgh, Vt.
Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 Building Coll.
New York Central Railroad Company. Valuation Department. Collections and Costs.
The first section of typed forms has an inventory for val. sec. 1, account no. 16 and sheets are arranged in order of field notes page number, with a dollar value given for each structure or asset. Locations include Ogdensburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Norwood, Knapps, Winthrop & Brasher, North Lawrence, Moira, Brushton, Bangor, Malone, Burke, Chateaugay, Cherubusco, Clinton Mills, Brandy Brook, Ellenburgh, Forest, Irona, Altona, Woods Falls, Moers Forks, Moers Jct., Champlain, Rouses Pt. Jct., Rouses Pt.
The second section of typed forms has an inventory for val. sec. 1, account no. 17 and sheets are arranged in order of field notes page number. Locations include Ogdensburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Norwood, Knapps, Winthrop, North Lawrence, Moira, Brushton, Bangor, Malone, Malone Jct., Burke, Chateaugay, Cherubusco, Ellenburgh, Forest, Altona, Moers Forks, Moers Jct., Champlain, Rouses Pt..
The third section of typed forms has an inventory for val. sec. 1, account no. 18, and sheets are arranged in order of field notes page number. Locations include Ogdensburg, Norwood, Brushton, Bangor, Malone, Chateaugay, Cherubusco, Altona, Rouses Pt.
The third section of typed forms has an inventory for val. sec. 1, account no. 19, and sheets are arranged in order of field notes page number. Location included is Norwood.
The third section of typed forms has an inventory for val. sec. 1, account no. 20, and sheets are arranged in order of field notes page number. Locations include Ogdensburg, Norwood, Moira, Malone, and Rouses Pt.
Drawings and measurements for Rutland Railroad land occupied by Ogdensburg Terminal Co. elevator at Ogdensburg, NY. Index pages are in the front of the volume. Some drawings are on graph paper. 245 pages, dated from the first five months of 1917. All pages are rubber stamped by L. L. Wiggins and dated July 31, 1917.
Printed header at the top of each page is Valuation Department, Rutland Railroad Company and Ogdensburg has been written in as the operating division. 550 pages are dated from April to August 1916. Measurements, drawings and information are handwritten in pencil.
The index page in the front of the volume indicates this volume contains the inventory notes for the Ogdensburg Division of the Rutland Railroad, from Ogdensburg to Rouses Point, NY. Includes memos to the building party, structural party, signal party, land party, and roadway party. 361 pages plus 9 pages of inventory notes for the Ogdensburg Division in Joint Ownership with the C. V. R. R. for the trestle over Lake Champlain in NY state.
The printed header on most pages is Estimate for Typical Buildings, Rutland Railroad Company, and individual column headings are typically: No., Desciption, Dimensions, Extension, Quantity, Unit. Various pagings. Some pages have a printed header for New York Central Lines and the locations are in NY. Columns on most pages have been completed in pencil and dates on pages vary from 1919 to 1922.
Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 2 Building Inventory.
Large three ring binder has photocopies of forms with a printed header for either the Interstate Commerce Commission, Division of Valuation or the Rutland Railroad Company, Valuation Department. Includes descriptions, drawings and measurements. Pages are all dated 1917 and most appear to be for the Main Line Division.
Pages have printed headers for either "Estimate for Typical Buildings, Rutland Railroad Company" or "New York Central Lines...Collection of Pay Items." Includes several hundred pages of structural descriptions and dimensions for buildings at various locations in Vermont. Pages range in date from 1919 to 1922.
The inventory notes at the front of the volume indicates this volume is an inventory of the Main Line from White Creek, NY to Rutland, VT. Includes memos to the structural party, building party, and land party, with a memo from the Signal party. Includes detailed costs for the elimination of several grade crossings, including Shaftsbury, White's Crossing (north of Proctor), Brandon, Middlebury, Vergennes, Charlotte, Shelburne, Lakeside (Burlington), and Double Road (south of Proctor). Includes typed pages with information on the River Street bridge and the Pine Street Tunnel in Rutland. Some pages relate to property jointly owned by the Rutland Rail Road and the Central Vermont Railway. Many pages are dated 1917 and have rubber stamp approval by L. L. Wiggins, Sep 24, 1917. Includes a few sketches, including track layouts, culverts, and sign posts.
Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 2 Building Coll.
Page header for all pages is for The New York Central Railroad Company, Valuation Department, Collections and Cost. Column headings are Character of property and description, type, date built, condition percent, unit, number of units, and cost of reproduction: per unit / amount / new total / less depreciation. Information on all sheets is typewritten, and includes ICC account numbers 6, 16, 17, 18 and 20.
Locations in the account no. 16 section include Rouses Pt., North Bennington, South Shaftsbury, Shaftsbury, Arlington, Manchester, East Dorset, Danby, South Wallingford, Wallingford, Rutland, Center Rutland, Proctor, Pittsford, Florence, Brandon, Leicester Jct., Salisbury, Middlebury, Beldens, Spring Grove, New Haven Jct., Vergennes, Ferrisburg, North Ferrisburg, Thompsons Pt., Charlotte, Shelburne, Queen City Park, Burlington, Star Farm Beach, South Hero, Grand Isle, Abnaki, North Hero, Isle LaMotte, and Alburgh.
Locations in the account no. 17 section include North Bennington, South Shaftsbury, Shaftsbury, Arlington, Manchester, East Dorset, North Dorset, Danby, South Wallingford, Wallingford, Rutland, Proctor, Pittsford, Brandon, Leicester Jct., Salisbury, Middlebury, New Haven Jct., Vergennes, North Ferrisburg, Charlotte, Shelburne, Burlington, Colchester, South Hero, Grand Isle, North Hero, Isle LaMotte, Alburgh, Rouses Pt.
Locations in the account no. 18 section include North Bennington, Shaftsbury, Manchester, North Dorset, Wallingford, Rutland, Proctor, Brandon, Leicester Jct., Middlebury, Vergennes, Charlotte, Burlington, South Hero, and Alburgh.
Locations in the account no. 19 section include Rutland and Alburgh.
Burlington is the only location with a ledger sheet for account no. 27 and Rouses Point is the only location with a ledger sheet for account no. 6.
The header for most pages is "Estimate for Typical Buildings, Rutland Railroad Company," although a few sheets have a page header of "Estimate for Typical Buildings, New York Central Railroad." Columns are labeled Material: kind, amount, and unit and Cost: material unit and total and labor unit and total, Total. Descriptions, specifications, and costs are entered in pencil on most pages, but a few pages have typed information. Includes railroad facilities in Vermont and several locations in eastern New York.
Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Building Coll.
The printed page header for all pages is "The New York Central Railroad Company, Valuation Department, Collections and Costs." Descriptions, specifications, and value in dollars is typewritten and includes facilities in Vermont and eastern New York.
Detailed cross section measurements, with numerous drawings, some on graph paper. Most pages have a rubber stamp signature of L. L. Wiggins and are dated at various times in 1917.
Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 R. & T. Inventory.
Detailed inventory of a variety of facilities, including pipes, culverts, retaining walls, track, ties, sidings, fences, grade crossings, etc.
and handwritten lists of industrial sidetacks, by division.
Front cover title: Sidings 1930 Rutland R. R.
Detailed schematic drawings of sidings in eastern New York and Vermont.
Actually includes pricing estimates for a wide variety of structures and facilities.
Folder of correspondence with the Federal Bureau of Locomotive Inspection.
Inventory of the Rutland Division of the C. V. R. R., covering 1873 and 1874. Inventory includes locomotives, tools, machinery, and freight cars. Locations included are Rutland, Bellows Falls, Burlington, and Charlestown, Mass. Inventory of the Harlem Extension RR is included on p. 101+.
Handwritten account book of additions and betterments to locomotives, passenger cars, and other cars, covering 1902-21. Includes costs of specific betterments, such as improved corner irons, etc.
Handwritten account of Way-Bills of Merchandise Transported by Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain Railroad Company, covering November 1867 to February 1870. Notes on inside front cover state, "This book found in R. R. station week of 9-19-55. R. R. Bldgs being wrecked at this time. Stanley Crawford. Burke, N. Y. 9-19-55" and "Bellows Falls, Vermont. Saturday May 16, 1992. Presented to the Rutland Railroad Historical Society, care of Steve Mumley, by Stan J. Smaill."
Chronological listing of rolling stock retired from service, with cause, location, and date the equipment was built. Covers from January 1925 to December 1940. The first 77 pages of the 500 pages have handwritten information and the remaining pages are blank.
Central Vermont Railway Company account book of freight received at East Berkshire, covering from October 1912 to May 1913. Some water and mold damage to the top right corner of pages.
Account book listing the amount of bond for station agents at various RR stations in Vermont, other New England states and as far west as Kansas City, Missouri. Also includes dates of auditing of accounts for each station with brief notes about the audit. Covers from 1888 to 1924, with an A - Z index in the front for towns and cities included.
List of Questions for Attention of Traveling Auditors at Examination, 3 p.
General Instructions Tending to Uniform Station Accounting, 3 p.
Memoranda for Traveling Auditors, 5 p. Group of about ten payroll vouchers for the Harlem Extension Railroad, all dated 1871.
General Map of the City of Ogdensburgh, showing Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RR lands in red. Undated. 38" x 14"
Central Vermont Railway. Burlington Interlocking Detail Plans. 20 sheets, mostly 23" x 16" 1927-1938?
Locomotive of 4-8-2 class, by American Locomotive Co. Dated 1-5-45 25 1/2" x 103 1/2"
New York Central Lines. Mechanical Department. Drawing of ash pan: hopper bottom: slide operated by air or hand. Drawing no. X-90044. Rutland. Jan 8, -08 approx. 24 ½" x 36"
New York Central Lines. Mechanical Department. Drawing of crate arrangement. Drawing no. X-90025. Rutland. Aug. 16, -07. approx. 25" x 36 ¾"
New York Central Lines. Mechanical Department. Drawing for ash pan: hopper bottom: slide operated by hand. Drawing no. X90277. Rutland. Aug 27-09 approx. 25" x 36 ½"
"Used on ...locos class B2a"
New York Central Lines. Mechanical Department. Drawing for crane door: new boiler shop. Drawing no. X90441. Rutland. Jan 11-11. approx. 24 ½" x 36 ½"
New York Central Lines. Mechanical Department. Drawing for details of operating rigging: crane door: new boiler shop. Drawing no. X90442. Rutland. Jan. 11-11. approx. 23" x 36 ½"
Rutland Railroad. Floor Plan: New Blacksmith Shop, Rutland, Vt. 8-8-19 approx. 23" x 30"
Rutland Railroad. Mechanical Department. Drawing for grate arrangement. March 10, 1925. approx. 24" x 36 ½"
Rutland Railroad Co. Mechanical Department. Drawing of cinder conveyor details. X-3 Rutland. July 3, 1926. approx. 22 ¼" x 34 ¼"
Rutland Railroad Company. Mechanical Department. Drawing of grate arrangement. X-12 Dr. 514-S-37690. Rutland. Dec. 9, 1930. approx. 22 ¼" x 34"
Rutland Railroad Company. Mechanical Department. Drawing of boiler detail. X-23 Rutland. 10-4-45. approx. 21" x 32"
"Replacement section, 3rd course top. Loco class K-2 Eng. 84, 85"
Rutland Railroad Company. Mechanical Department. Drawing of boiler details. 1st course & front tube sheet. X-28 Rutland. 4-7-50.
Rutland Railroad Company. Proposed Yard Development at Bellows Falls, Vt. July 1926. 36" x 120"
Rutland Railroad Company. Right-of-way and track map, Bellows Falls Division. June 30, 1917. 56" x 24"
Rutland Railroad Company. Right-of-way and track map, Rutland. 1963?
168 black and white prints of various sizes from about 3" x 5" to 4" x 6" in a three ring binder.
Also includes 4 prints of various sizes in an envelope tucked inside the front cover.
Also includes a two page negative copy of an article from the February 26, 1927 issue of Railway Age on "Two Buses Save $1,350 a Month,"
225 black and white prints, ranging in size from about 2 �" x 4 �" to approximately 3 1/2" x 6" in a three ring binder.
Also included is an 8" x 10" photograph of a steam locomotive crossing route 7. Photo courtesy of Danville Central Railroad.
a one page negative copy Rutland Railroad allocation of motive power as of October 1, 1952.
202 black and white prints, all about 3" x 5" in a three ring binder.
211 black and white prints, approximately 3" x 5 �" in a three ring binder with photographs protected by clear acetate sleeves.
Most of the photographs included in the following six binders are black-and-white 8� x 10� photographs, but some color and smaller sized photographs are also included. Bob�s Photo is the source of a large number of the photographs.
Album of photographs of the Rutland Railroad, including two negatives.
Album of photographs of the New York Central Railroad.
Small album of photographs of the Rutland Railroad. Most photographs have negatives taped behind the photographs.
Bellows Falls Line: East Clarendon to Bellows Falls. 81 sleeves, including 3 sleeves with calendars for the Green Mountain Railroad for 1990, 1995 and 1998 and 4 sleeves with calendars for the Vermont Railway for 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. The front pocket contains a calendar for the Green Mountain Raillroad for 1992.
Chatham (Corkscrew) Division: Petersburg Junction to Chatham 46 sleeves, with 1st sleeve containing Jimapco maps of Columbia County and Rensselaer County, NY and a 1993 issue of the National Railway Bulletin, largely devoted to the Corkscrew Division of the Rutland Railroad. One sleeve contains a copy of Stephentown Historical Society's Bicentennial Album, 1784-1984.
Bennington Line: Clarendon to Bennington and the Troy Branch: White Creek to Johnsonville. 65 sleeves, including 4 sleeves of miscellaneous railroad pictures. Front pocket contains a 1999 calendar published by the Rutland Railroad Historical Society and a print of E. C. Crosby coal and grain structure in Danby.
Center Rutland and the Rutland - Whitehall Line, formerly Delaware & Hudson Railroad, now Clarendon & Pittsford and Vermont Railway 46 sleeves of photographs with handwritten notes, plus 3 maps of the Rutland region in the back pocket and a paperback Rutland Railroad Papers, compiled by George Dutka, in the front pocket.
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Line: Ogdensburg to Rouses Point. 73 sleeves, plus two color prints of railroad structures in Norfolk, NY.
48 sleeves, including a sleeve of color slides, plus 41 slide sleeves of color negatives.
Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.
Maine Central, Rahway Valley, Reading, Rutland, StJ & LC, Susquehanna, Vermont.
Contains 190 numbered sheets with sleeves of color 35 mm negatives, dating from April 1989 to May 2005.
Alburgh, 18 prints; Kelly, 12 prints.
New York Central: 6 prints.
Susquehanna Division: Schenevus, 8 prints; Worchestershire, 9 prints; Howe's Cave, 2 prints; Cobleskill, 21 prints.
New London, 6 prints; Boston & Maine, 198 prints; unidentified, 9 prints.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Boston & Maine Railroad, Central Vermont Railway. Tariff cancellations for wood products, issued April 6, 1906.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Boston & Maine Railroad, Central Vermont Railway, New England Steamship Company, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Joint class rate tariff. Issued October 3, 1907.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Boston & Maine Railroad, Central Vermont Railway, New England Steamship Company, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Joint class rate tariff. Issued October 21, 1907.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Boston & Maine Railroad, Delaware & Hudson Company, and West Shore Railroad. Joint Southbound class rate tariff. Issued August 6th, 1903.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Boston & Maine R. R., New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Joint Southbound class rate tariff. Issued June 25 th, 1903.
Rutland Railroad Company in connection with Rutland Transit Company, Ogdensburg Line. Joint Westbound rail and lake tariff. Issued April 26, 1907.
Rutland Railroad Local Passenger Tariff and Distance Table, in effect March 1st, 1904.
October 10, 1947 - October 19, 1950. Includes index in the back.
Addison Rail Road Company, 1873.
Folder of list of stockholders of the Rutland Railroad Company, dated November 25, 1942. 59 pages, plus 3 page recapitulation.
Folder of list of stockholders of the Rutland Railroad Company, dated April 6, 1945. 56 pages, plus 2 page recapitulation.
Folder of list of stockholders of the Rutland Railroad Company, dated April 3, 1946. 49 pages, plus 1 page recapitulation.
Folder of list of stockholders of the Rutland Railroad Company, dated April 7, 1948. 54 pages, plus 1 page recapitulation.
Folder of annual meeting announcements and proxy voting forms for 1924-1926, 1938-1940.
Folders of correspondence relating to the stockholders meetings for 1921, 1924-1937, 1939-1943, 1945-1948.
Agreement between Rutland Railway Corporation and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
authorization by the four brotherhoods.
National Mediation Board from W. I. Ginsburg, President of the Rutland Railway Corp.
Association, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Railway Labor Executives' Association, plaintiffs, v.
Commission, defendants, civil action no. C63-55.
Vermont, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Incorporated. Civil Action no. C63-55.
v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission , defendants. Civil Action no. C63-55.
and Brakemen, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. 3 p.
and about 15 labor unions. 6 p.
on Monday, October 17, 1960...at the offices of Ryan, Smith Carbine, Esqs. 86 p.
Packet of rebuttals and exhibits of employees, with cover letter from Clark, Carr & Ellis, dated March 9, 1962.
9-26-60 by the Rutland Railway Corporation, plaintiff, v. four unions named. Civil action no. 3070.
and State of Vermont, respondents v. Rutland Railway Corporation, Petitioner.
Brief of appellee Rutland Railway Corporation. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Brief for appellants and appendix. Civil action no. 26721. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Corporation, appellee. On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
defendant-appellants, on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Decided June 18, 1962) Docket No. 26760. Rutland Railway Corporation, plaintiff-appellee, v.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al., defendants-appellants.
Brief of Appellants Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
defendants-appellants. On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
respondents, v. Rutland Railway Corporation, petitioner.
Appendix of appellee Rutland Railway Corporation. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. no. 26,760.
Rutland Railway Corporation, plaintiff-appellee v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al., defendants-appellants.
On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Typed transcript of court case in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Rutland Railway Corporation vs The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al. Civil Action case no. 3070.
Includes tabs to mark the beginning of testimony of each witness.
Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States... Washington, DC: U. S.
Bjorkman, Thomas A. "Rutland Railway." MBA thesis New York U., 1964.
of the Rutland Railway Corporation. n. p., n. d.
Jones, Robert C. Railroads of Vermont. 2 vols. Shelburne, VT: New England Press, 1993.
Jordan, Philip R. Rutland in Color. Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books, c2003.
Navin, William E. Vermont in 1843 -- and the Rutland R. R.: a centenary address.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1943.
Nimke, R. W. The Rutland: Arrivals and Departures: Train Schedules, 1901-1961.
Walpole, NH: R. W. Nimke, c1990.
Nimke, R. W. The Rutland: Betterments, Statistics, Traffic, Equipment, Plans, Structures, Fixtures.
of Stations, Freight Houses, Industries, Turntables, Siding Capacities, etc.
Walpole, NH: R. Nimke, 1986.
Nimke, R. W. The Rutland: Spurs and Siding. Walpole, NH: R. W. Nimke, c1991.
Shaughnessy, Jim. Rutland Road. 2nd ed. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997.
of the State of Vermont.

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