Guide to the Rutland Railroad Archives

Contact Information
     Vermont Collection
     Main Library
     110 Storrs Ave.
     Middlebury College
     Middlebury, VT 05753
     (802) 443-5493
     (802) 443-5698 FAX
     Raum@middlebury.edu


Scope and Content

     The Rutland Railroad Company was established in July of 1867 as a successor to the Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company, which was chartered November 1, 1847. 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.
Restrictions
     Access Restrictions

     Open for research without restrictions.

     Use Restrictions

     Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from:
          Vermont Collection
          Main Library
          Middlebury College
          110 Storrs Avenue
          Middlebury, VT 05753
          (802) 443-5493


Contents List

Accidents
     Photocopies of accidents reported to the Vermont Board of Railroad Commissioners
     and the Vermont Public Service Board, 1892-1925


Addison Railroad
     Addison Railroad financial journal, covering June 30, 1918 to October, 1951. (purchased 2-08)

     Folder of material relating to the election of directors of the
          Addison Railroad Company, dated 1907, 1926, 1927, 1938, and 1941

     Indenture between the Addison Railroad Company and the Rutland Railroad Company, dated Dec. 7, 1870.
     Agreement between the Addison Railroad Company and the Rutland Railroad Company, dated Jan. 17, 1877.
     Profile drawings (4) of the Addison Railroad, dated June 30, 1917.

Annual Conventions
     Field trip handouts

Annual Reports
     Rutland Railroad Company. Fortieth annual report of the Board of Directors... for the year ending December 31, 1906.
     1952
     1956
     1958
     1959
     1961
     1965
     1966
     1967

Balance Sheets
     September 30, 1896
     April 30, 1897
     June 30, 1897
     September 30, 1897
     March 31, 1898
     June 30, 1898
     October 1, 1898
     December 1, 1898
     January 1, 1899
     June 30, 1899


Bankruptcy Proceedings (Donated by Ralph Notaristefano)
     3 LF; not yet inventoried

Board of Directors
      Rutland Railway Corporation. Minutes of meetings of Board of Directors.
           correspondence is included.
     Rutland Railway Corporation. Minutes of meetings of Board of Directors.
     January 1965 - December 1968. Some related business correspondence is included.


Central Vermont Railway Co.
     Annual Report (Vt. Collection HE2791 C49)
          8th 1907
          15th 1914
          17th 1916
          18th 1917

Correspondence
Folder of material containing a variety of correspondence and forms including:
     Boiler inspection certificate issued by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company,
     dated November 20, 1907.
     Rutland Railroad Company daily time report for Manchester, dated Feb. 11, 1923.
     Rutland Railroad Company freight way-bills, various dates.
     Letter to Friends of the Iron Horse Gallop, signed by the president of the Boston and Maine Railroad,
     dated June 6, 1937.
     Letter to Messrs Chappell & Burke, dated Dec. 5, 1892, on Central Vermont Railroad stationery
    regarding the relocation of a side track.
     Letter dated July 25, 1884 acknowledging receipt of $14,346.25 from the Central Vermont Railroad Company
     and signed by Charles Clement,
     President of the Rutland Railroad Company. Letter dated Nov. 4, 1902 regarding an agreement between
     the Rutland Railroad Company and the Lowell Fertilizer Company for the construction of a side
     track north of Burlington.
     Letter dated Feb. 16, 1896, on Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad stationery,
     regarding insurance on the Norwood elevator and reports of broken rails.
     Letter dated 3/14, 1902 from the Clinton County Clerk's Office regarding fees for an agreement between the
     Chatham & Lebanon Valley Railroad and the Rutland Railroad. Memorandum of prices for charges
     between O. & L. C. and C. V. R. R., dated July 1, 1884.
     Collateral note dated march 5, 1900 for $50,000 for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
     signed by the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad and the Rutland Canadian Railroad.
     Several letters and a telegram between attorneys for the Central Vermont Railway Co. and
     the Rutland Railroad Company, dated August to November 1928, regarding a forthcoming trial.
     Rutland Railway Corporation roadway completion report, dated May 21, 1954 for work performed
     at Gassetts station.
     Folder containing a 4 page letter from the Association of American Railroads to the general attorney
     for the Rutland Railway Corporation, dated September 10, 1957, with a history of interchange rules
     and attachments with an agreement on interchange rules, code of car service rules
     and code of per diem rules.


Ephemera
     annual passes
      dog tags
      transfer tags
      trip passes (unused)

     
Financial Statements (Donated by Steven Mumley)
     Rutland Railway Corporation. Income account, detail of railway operating revenues. April 1960, April 1961.
     Statements of distribution of earnings and expenses for the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Division
     for 1898-1900
     Schedule of other revenues - passengers, for 1948-1953.
     Balance sheet Rutland RR Co. in account with the trustees & managers Vt. Central &
     Vt. & Canada R. R. Cor. 1871
     Balance sheet of liabilities of Rutland R. R. Co., dated 1872 and 1873.
     Balance sheet Rutland Railroad Co., 1870, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900.
     Rutland Railway Corporation. Consolidated Income Statement, 1960-64.
     Rutland Railway Corporation. Estimated Carry Forward Losses, dated 12/31/61
     Balance sheet of on line shipments, 1952-9.
     Summary sheet with data on income or deficit reported on federal income tax returns for 1941-65;
     federal income taxes paid,1913-38; stock prices, 1951-64.
     Rutland Railway Corporation balance sheets, dated Sept. 30, 1961.
     Rutland Railway Corporation income and revenue sheets, 1963-64
     Summary sheet with data on freight revenue, 1915-60.
     U. S. Corporation income tax return for Rutland Railway for 1953, with attachments.
     Rutland Railroad Company earnings and expenses …1896 and 1897.
     Letter dated January 15, 1883 on Central Vermont stationery about financial statements.
     Rutland Railroad Company. Earnings and expenses statements, 1896
     Letter dated July 24, 1882 on Central Vermont stationery about financial statements.
     Rutland Railroad Company. Distribution of earnings and expenses statements, 1899 & 1900.
     Statement of earnings of Vermont Central and Rutland Railroads, 1881-82.
     Comparative statement, Central Vermont Ry. With Rutland Railroad…1900
     Summary earnings statement for 1870, 1875-78 and 1881 for the Central Vermont R. R. Co.,
     Rutland R. R., and Addison R. R.
     Statement of earnings and distributions, 1864.
     Earnings and expenses for the year ending June 30th, 1900.
     Statement of earnings, January, 1900 and 1901.
     Comparative earnings for July and August, 1900 and 1901.
     Comparison of earnings and expenses…1896, 1897, 1898
     Earnings and expenses for the months ending January, April, and June 1900.
     Balance sheet March 19, 1896.
     Notes payable, 1896.
     Capitalization of the Rutland Railroad System, 1900.


Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Dockets
     Interstate Commerce Commission. Rutland Railroad Company Reorganization.
     Submission of plan of reorganization pursuant to section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.
     Finance docket No. 14635. Washington, DC: January, 1949. 6 copies.
      Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance docket No. 21870.
     Rutland Railway Corporation Abandonment of Entire Line. Decided September 18, 1962.
     Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. Rutland Railway Corporation
     abandonment of entire line. Decided September 18, 1962. Various pagination.
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. In the matter of application of Rutland
     Railway Corporation…authorizing the abandonment by said Rutland Railway Corporation
     of its entire line of railroad. Dated: December 4, 1961. 8 p. including map.
          Corporate history, 1847 - 1893 Exhibit A 1 p. table

         Stations as of November 1, 1961 Exhibit D 3 p. list
     Interstate Commerce Commission. Valuation Docket No. 307. In the matter of the
     tentative valuation of the properties of Rutland Railroad Company, Addison Railroad Company.
     Protest. Dated December 6, 1922. 47 p.
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. In the matter of application of Rutland
     Railway Corporation…authorizing the abandonment by said Rutland Railway Corporation
     of its entire line of railroad.
     Return to questionnaire. Dated: December 4, 1961.
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21744. Part One: Application of Central
     Vermont Railway to abandon its property and operations between East Alburg, Vermont,
     and Rouses Point, New York.
     Finance Docket No. 21745
     Part Two: Application of Central Vermont Railway…to operate its trains under a trackage contract,
     between East Alburg, Vermont, and Rouses Point, New York, via Cantic, Quebec, Canada. [1961]
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance docket No. 21870. In the matter of the application
     of the Rutland Railway Corporation…for a Certificate of Public convenience and necessity
     authorizing the abandonment by said Rutland Railway Corporation of it entire line of railroad.
     Dated 3/22/62. 9 p.
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. In the matter of
     Rutland Railway Corporation Abandonment Entire Line. Conditions requested by Railway Labor Executives'
     Association in the event certificate permitting abandonment should be granted. Due Date: May 15, 1962. 9 p.
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. In the matter of Rutland Railway
     Corporation Abandonment Entire Line. Conditions requested by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
     in the event certificate permitting abandonment should be granted. Due Date: May 15, 1962. 8 p.
     Interstate Commerce Commission. Finance Docket No. 21870. Order. Rutland Railway Corporation
     abandonment of entire line. Service Date: April 30, 1963. 1 p.


Interstate Commerce Commission Railroad Valuation Records (Donated by Steve Mumley)
     "Most valuation records were created between 1915 and 1920 by the ICC and railroad engineers
     who undertook a massive project to inventory almost every aspect
     of the U. S. railroad system for the purpose of determining a net worth for each railroad.
     This value was then used to calculate passenger and freight rates."
     The following volumes are being donated to the Rutland Railroad Archives:

     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 Cross Sections
     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 Chaining Notes ORIGINAL
     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 _______ Inventory
     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 Bridge Inventory
     This volume provides specifications for bridges of the Rutland Rail Road, ICC Acct. no. 6.
     Some pages are for the Ogdensburg Division. Bridge locations are typically given in number combinations,
     such as 6037 + 49.
     Some drawings show details of property at Ogdensburg,Rouses Point, and Malone, NY

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 1 Building Computations
     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 of 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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 2 Building Computations
     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 2 ________ Inventory
     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.
     Locations in the account no. 20 section include North Bennington, Rutland, Burlington, 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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Building Computations
     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.

     Spine title: Rutland R. R. V. S. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Cross Sections
     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.

     Front cover title: Sidings 1930 Rutland R. R.
     Detailed schematic drawings of sidings in eastern New York and Vermont.


     Interstate Commerce Commission. Division of Valuation. Leases and privileges form. Rutland Railway
     Company. Typewritten information on leased properties in New York and Vermont, 1917.
     Also undated handwritten summary sheets. Also included in same binder are
     Interstate Commerce Commission Division of Valuation forms of List of Industrial Tracks
     with typewritten information. Sheets are dated 1917.


     Rutland Railroad Company. Valuation Department. Field inventory. Valuation section 2.
     White Creek to Alburgh, VT.
     Includes Rutland Yd. Most pages are carbon copies, dated from 1930 to 1933
.

Laws
     Carbon copy of an act to consolidate the Rutland Railroad system, approved by the
     Statte of Vermont, October 29, 1900.
     Photocopy of the 1963 Vermont legislature act relating to the Rutland Railway Corporation
     [Public act no. 162]


Lebanon Springs Railroad
      Folder of deeds and agreements relating to the Chatham Section, including Lebanon Springs Railroad.
     Folder of material on the Lebanon Springs Railroad and the Chatham & Lebanon Valley Railroad,
     including inspection reports for 1896 and 1901 and photocopies of maps and a prospectus.


Legal Agreements (Purchased from dealer William Parkinson)
     1904 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Medrick Rossino re erecting snow fences
     1904 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and George D. Northridge of Malone
     1904 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Charles Dillingham of Ogdensburg

     1905 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Howard J. Kingdon re erecting depot
     1905 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and W. S. Lawrence re leasing old track
     1905 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Champlain Telephone Company
     1905 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Fisk & Fleury Telephone Company
     1905 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Armstrong Transfer Company
     1906 Lease between the Rutland Railroad Company and N. H. Niles re location of platform
     1906 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Norwood Telephone Company
     1907 Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and E. Leroy of Rouses Point, NY

Legal Agreements (Donated by Steven Mumley)
      Agreement dated August 24, 1849 between the Vermont Central Railroad Co. and the Vermont & Canada
     Railroad Co. regarding the construction of the Vermont & Canada Railroad Co. and subsequent leasing
     to the Vermont Central Railroad Co.
     Agreement between Rutland and Burlington Rail Road Company and David A. Smalley, dated June 15, 1863.
     Agreement, dated February 8, 1866, between the Scranton Steel Company and the Ogdensburg & Lake
     Champlain Railroad Company for 400 tons of rails.
     Edwin A. Blanchard, John B. Page & als v. Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company & als,
     dated March 20, 1867.
     Typewritten copy of agreement conveying all assets of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad to the
     Rutland Railroad Company, dated November 23, 1867.
     Assignment of mortgage for $100,000 by David A. Smalley to Rutland Railroad Company,
     dated March 6, 1868.
      Agreement dated December 1, 1870 between the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road Company and
     the Rutland Railroad Company regarding lease of lands from Grant's Corner to Brattleboro
     Agreement dated September 27, 1883 between the Detroit Dry Dock Company and the Ogdensburg and
     Lake Champlain Railroad Company for the construction of two wooden screw steamers.

     Agreement, dated January 11, 1884, between James N. Brown of Ogdensburg, NY and the Ogdensburg
     and Lake Champlain Railroad for the construction of a Howe truss bridge across St. Regis river
     in the town of Brasher.
     Letter dated May 16, 1888 to Mr. P. W. Clement, president of the Rutland R. R. Co. with an opinion
     as to the re-appraisal of the property now held under lease to the Vermont Central Railroad Co.
     Rutland Railroad Company to Central Vermont Railroad Company. Lease, dated December 31, 1890. 9 p.      Lease
     Letter dated April 7, 1896 from the president of the Rutland Railroad Company to Messrs. Charles M. Hays
     and E. C. Smith declining to accede to a statement by the Central Vermont Railroad Company
     not to adopt a lease.
     Report of Stephen Little on the Central Vermont Railroad Company and its leased lines, dated October 10, 1896,
     and detailing the results of an audit in which irregularities are stated
     Agreement dated May 13, 1897 between E. C. Smith, receiver of the Central Vermont Railroad Company, and
     Percival W. Clement, president of the Rutland Railroad Company, releasing each other from liability
     for specific assets.
     Letter to Clement National Bank, dated May 11, 1896, directing payment to the receivers of the Central Vermont
     Railroad Company.
     Decision of the U. S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont in the case of the Grand Trunk Railway
     Company v. Central
     Vermont Railroad Company deciding that the Rutland Railroad Company is entitled to possession of its railroad
     due to non-payment of rent. Dated May 5, 1896.
     Petition of the receivers of the Central Vermont Railroad for an order declining to adopt the lease of the Rutland
     and Addison Railroads. Dated April 2, 1896.
     Petition to reform decree, United States Circuit Court District of Vermont. Grand Trunk Railway
     Company of Canada vs. Central Vermont Railroad Company. Undated.
     Petition in equity U. S. Circuit Court District of Vermont. Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
     v. Central Vermont Railway Company,
     Rutland Railroad Company, petitioner. With attached exhibits. Dated August 1897.
     Petition of J. Gregory Smith and others in Franklin County Court of Chancery. Vermont & Canada
     Railroad Co. vs. Vermont Central Railroad Co. and others. Date June 3, 1873.
     Agreement between the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Company and the Skillings,
     Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Company, dated November 1, 1885.
     Agreement, dated Jany 10, 1882, between the Ogdensbury & Lake Champlain Railroad Co. and O. F. Thayer
     of Morira, NY for lease of building.
     Agreement, dated December 9, 1885, between the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Company
     and M. Laing & Sons, of Montreal, regarding lease of lot in Ogdensburg.
     Agreement, dated December 6, 1886, between Central Vermont Railroad Company and Geo. W. Kellner for
     leasing space in the Ogdensburg passenger station for a restaurant.
     Agreement, dated February 1, 1887, between the Central Vermont Railroad Company and Charles H. Morse
     and Guy Smith for the construction of a building at the Ogdensburg depot for the storage
     of eggs, butter, cheese, etc.
     Agreement, dated February 20, 1888, between the Central Vermont Railroad and E. M. Tripp for
     the construction of a restaurant on station land at Brasher Station, NY.
     Agreement, dated January 1, 1889, between Central Vermont R. R. and W. L. Collins & Co. to construct
     a cold storage building at Chateaugay station.
     Letter dated April 3, 1897 on Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad stationery advising to continue
     existing leases rather than renew them.
     Letter dated April 11, 1898 on Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad stationery regarding a lease
     in favor of A. E. Wilkinson.
     Bill of complaint filed in U. S. Circuit Court Northern District of New York on October 24, 1896 requesting
     foreclosure of mortgage against the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad.
     Answer to amended bill of complaint in the U. S. Circuit Court for Northern District of New York. Stuyvesant
     Fish and William J. Averell,
     against Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Co. and others. Dated January 24, 1890.
     Decree of foreclosure and sale in Fish vs. Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R. R. Co., dated February 15, 1898.
     Indenture dated May 10, 1898 relating to foreclosure of mortgage made by the Ogdensburg &
     Lake Champlain Railroad.
     Indenture dated December 15, 1898 between the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railway Company
     and the Central Trust of New York.
     Agreement dated April 3, 1886 between the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company
     and the Norwood and Montreal Railroad Company.
     Lease contract dated June 1, 1889 between the Saratoga & St. Lawrence Railroad Company
     and the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Company.
     Memorandum of agreement, dated April 14, 1892, between the Malone & St. Lawrence Railway Company,
     the St. Lawrence & Adirondack
     Railroad Company and the Central Vermont Railroad Company.
     Indenture dated June 1, 1900 between the Central Trust Company of New York
     and the Central Vermont Railway Company.
      Legal agreement, dated November 23, 1867, conveying assets of the Rutland & Burlington Railroad
     Company to the Rutland Railroad Company.
      Indenture dated January 1, 1879 between the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Company
     and the Skillings, Whitney's & Barnes
     Lumber Company re leasing land and buildings at Ogdensburg.
     Legal agreement dated December 31, 1890 to lease the Rutland Railroad Company
     to the Central Vermont Railroad Company, effective January 1, 1891
    Agreement covering Malone station, dated April 14, 1892
     Memorandum of agreement dated April 14, 1892 between the Malone & St. Lawrence Railway Company,
     the St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railroad Company and the Central Vermont Railroad Company as lessee
     of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Company concerning the construction
     of a passenger station in Malone, NY.
     Agreement dated July 30, 1901 between the Rutland Railroad Company and the Bennington and Rutland
     Railway Company. Car trust agreement dated March 1901 for $495,000 between the Guaranty Trust Company
     of New York and the Rutland Railroad Company.
     Agreement dated October 1, 1902 between the Rutland Railroad Company and the Eagle Square Manufacturing
     Company relating to side-track in South Shaftsbury.

     Agreement between the Rutland Railroad Company and Vermont Milk Chocolate Company,
     dated April 16, 1917, regarding construction of a side track in Burlington.

     Agreement dated March 31, 1919 for Stephen C. Millett to sell ten thousand tons of ice stored in
     the ice house in Alburgh to the Rutland Railroad for $25,000.
    Agreement dated March 31, 1919 for Stephen C. Millett to sell all tools and equipment in the Alburgh icehouse
     to the Rutland Railroad for $2,000.
     Agreement dated September 1, 1923 between the Rutland Railroad Company and several woolen mills
    in regard to a portable unloader in the village of Ludlow.
     Agreement dated March 3, 1965 between the Rutland Railway Corporation and the State of Vermont
     conveying property in the city of Burlington to the state.
     Agreement dated March 3, 1965 between the Rutland Railway Corporation and the State of Vermont
     for the Rutland Railway to withdraw its invitation for bids on land in the towns of Colchester, South Hero,
     Grand Isle, North Hero and Alburgh.


Legal Proceedings (Donated by Steven Mumley)
     Folder of legal proceedings relating to the Rutland Railway abandonment, 9/17/60 - 10/2/64
     Folder of legal proceedings relating to the Rutland Railway abandonment,
     Oct. 28, 1961 to Sept. 3, 1963, including the following items:
     Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the matter of application of Rutland Railway Corporation…
     for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing the abandonment by said Rutland Railway
     Corporation of it entire line of railroad. Application. Dated: October 28, 1961.
     [with original signature of William I. Ginsburg.] 5 p.


Manuscript material (Donated by Steven Mumley, May, 2004 and December 2006)
     Inventory from April 1st, 1851 to Dec. 1st, 1865. Detailed account book of the inventory of stock, tools,
     and fixtures of the Rutland & Burlington
     Rail Road machine shop. [The Rutland & Burlington was chartered by the Vermont Legislature
     in November 1847 and was reorganized as the Rutland Railroad Company on July 9, 1867.]
     Record of cars damaged & destroyed in wrecks. [A detailed handwritten account book beginning with
     the Alburg wreck on April 15, 1902 and ending with Dec. 21, 1924]
     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."

     Memoranda for Traveling Auditors, 5 p.
     Group of about ten payroll vouchers for the Harlem Extension Railroad, all dated 1871
.

     Petition signed by residents of Burlington for the construction of a new union passenger station,
     dated July 27, 1889.

     Statement recommending that the managers of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. vote in favor of a proposed
     lease of the Rutland Railroad to the Central Vermont Company. Dated November 7, 1895.

     Summary of trackage agreement with Canadian Pacific Ry. Date of contract November 1, 1901.
     Warranty Deed dated January 5, 1909 conveying land in Alburgh from Norman and Leonora Marvin (?)
     to Stephen C. Millett for $100.
     Warrenty deed dated October 18, 1918 conveying land in Alburgh from George and Livia Sabre
     to Stephen C. Millett.

     Deed dated January 3, 1922 between the C. Brigham Company and the Rutland Railroad Company
     regarding the ice house properties at Larrabbes Point, and the milk platforms at Larrabbees Point,
     Hough's Crossing, Orwell, Shoreham and Whiting.

     Rutland Railroad Co. New England Passenger Service Cost Study. June 1925. Rutland, VT: Office
     of Auditor, Nov. 5, 1925.
     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.

     Plan of reorganization of Rutland Railroad Company. Dated as of April 10, 1943. 14 p.
     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.
     Several typewritten enclosures were tucked in the inside back:
     List of Questions for Attention of Traveling Auditors at Examination, 3 p.
     General Instructions Tending to Uniform Station Accounting, 3 p.

     Rutland Railroad Company. General notice of exchange of securities under plan of reorganization.
     November 10, 1950. 4 p.

     Report of Special Committee appointed by the governing board of the Maritime Association
     on May 11, 1951 to review
     the report of the New England Railroad Committee to the governors of the New England states.

     Tabulation showing information covering acquisition of right of way from Ogdensburg to Norwood,
     with cover letter dated December 22, 1965.
     List of land owned by the Rutland Railway Corporation from Bennington to Burlington.
     Rutland Corporation list of deeds for 1965 and 1966.
     Report of Special Committee appointed by the governing board of the Maritime Association
     on May 11, 1951 to review the report of the
     New England Railroad Committee to the governors of the New England states.

     Folder of material relating to Rutland Railroad stocksw and stockholders.

Maps
     1902 Railroad Map of Vermont

Mechanical Drawings (Donated by Phil Jordan)
      Rutland R. R. Floor Plan: New Blacksmith Shop, Rutland, Vt. 8-8-19 approx. 23" x 30"

     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. 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.

     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"


Mechanical Drawings (Donated by Steven Mumley)
Rutland 2-8-0 locomotive plans. G-34 American Locomotive Company
     Boiler February 14, 1910 23 ½" x 30"
     Boiler February 14, 1910 23 ½" x 59"
     Boiler February 14, 1910 23 ½" x 29 ½"
     Boiler February 14, 1910 24" x 60"
     Boiler details & attachments
          Expansion stay October 30, 1907 12" x 18"
          Radial stay February 15, 1905 12" x 18"
          Radial stay June 26, 1905 12" x 18"
          Radial stay June 26, 1905 12" x 18"
          Tube sheet stay April 10, 1906 12" x 18"
     Cab
          Steel July 20, 1908 23 ½" x 41 ½"
     Erecting card
          280 class January 31, 1907 25" x 65"
          280 class April 6, 1907 25" x 65"
          280 class April 6, 1907 25" x 65"
     Frame
          Cast steel February 16, 1907 12" x 60"
     Piping
          Between engine & tender January 23, 1907 18" x 23 ½"
          Tender February 28, 1905 12" x 18"
     Sand box
          Cover October 5, 1905 12" x 18"
     Smoke box
          Arrangement March 28, 1907 18" x 24"
     Spring rigging
          Arrangement February 21, 1910 12" x 59 ½"
     Tank handle November 10, 1896 13 ½" x 20 ½"
     Tank handle December 4, 1907 14" x 18 ½"
     Tank ladder November 6, 1902 14" x 19 ½"
     Tender frame
          Channel iron June 4, 1909 24" x 59"
     Tender tank December 30, 1904 24" x 41 ½"
     Tender tank April 10, 1907 18" x 24"
     Wheels
          56' C. S. Driving Wheel Center January 18, 1907 18" x 24"
          Driving wheel key December 5, 1906 12" x 18"
          Hub liner August 3, 1908? 12" x 18"
     Whistle & rigging
          Valve December 21, 1907 12" x 18"
          Whistle rigging December 17, 1907 12" x 18"


New York, Boston and Montreal Railway
     Folder of deeds and agreements relating to the Chatham Section, including New York,
     Boston and Montreal Railway
.

Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad
     Thirteenth Annual Report

Ogdensburg and Norwood Railway Co.
     Folder of material relating to the Ogdensbury and Norwood Railway Co.

Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority
     Folder of material relating to the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority.

Ogdensburg Terminal Corporation
     Folfer of material relating to the Ogdensburg Terminal Corporation. (Donated by Steven Mumley)

Payroll Records (Donated by Steven Mumley)
      [Rutland Railroad Company] Monthly payroll ledger with monthly pay rates, employee names and job titles.
      Scattered dates, 1896-1905.
     Rutland Railroad Company. Check roll. Ogdensburg, NY yard. 1909-14. Monthly payroll ledger with monthly
     pay rates, employee names and job titles. Information is handwritten on tissue paper pages in bound volume.


Photographs ["Poulin Albums"] (Donated by Randy LaFramboise, 2006)
     South Wallingford to Cold River Alfrechia
          211 black and white prints, approximately 3" x 5 ¼" in a three ring binder with photographs
          protected by clear acetate sleeves.

     Chatham to Petersburgh
          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," about the Rutland Railroad substituting buses for train service
          between Bennington, Vt. and Chatham, NY.

     White Creek to Bennington
          225 black and white prints, ranging in size from about 2 ¾" x 4 ¾" 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.
          Also includes a two page handwritten chart of mileage between stations from Bellows Falls to Rutland and
          a one page negative copy Rutland Railroad allocation of motive power as of October 1, 1952.

     North Bennington to South Shaftsbury
          202 black and white prints, all about 3" x 5" in a three ring binder.
     Manchester to Danby
          240 black and white prints, all about 3" x 5" in a three ring binder.

Photographs & Negatives (Donated by Phil Jordan)
     Two albums of photographs of the Rutland Railroad
     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.


Photographs & Negatives (Donated by Steve Mumley, May 1, 2004)
     Albums of clippings and black & white photographs relating to the following railroads:
        Akron, Canton, and Youngstown
          Alaska Railroad
          Algoma Central and Hudson Bay

          Alton & Southern
          Ann Arbor Railroad

        Atlantic City
          Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
          Baltimore & Ohio
          Boston & Abany
          Boston & Maine
          British Railways
          Canadian Pacific
          Carolina,Clinchfield,& Ohio
          Central of Georgia
          Chicago & Alton [continued by Alton]
          Chicago & Northwestern
          Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific
          Colorado Midland
          Connecticut River
          Delaware & Hudson
          Delaware, Lackawanna,and Western
          Illinois Central
          Indiana Harbor Belt
          Ironton
          Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
          Kansas City Southern
          Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
          Lehigh & Hudson River
          Lehigh & New Eengland
          Lehigh Valley
          Litchfield & Madison
          Live Oak
          Louisiana & Arkansas
          New Haven
          New York Central
          New York, New Haven and Hartford
          New York, Ontario and Western
          Nickel Plate
          Northern Pacific
          Northwestern Pacific
          Ogdensbburg & Lake Champlain
          Oil Creek
          Ontario Northland
          Oregon & Northwestern
          Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.
          Pacific Great Eastern
          Panama
          Portland & Ogdensburg
          Rutland
          St. Lawrence & Adirondack
          Saratoga & Schuylerville
          Seward Peninsula
          Union Pacific
          Vandalia
          Vermont Railway
          Virginia & Truckee
          Virginian
          Wabash
          Washington and Old Dominion
          West Jersey & Seashore
          Western Maryland
          Western Pacific
          Western Railway of Alabama
          Wheeling & Lake Erie
          White Pass & Yukon
          Winchester & Western
          Wisconsin Central


Photographs & Negatives (Donated by Warren Dodgson)
     Vol. 1 (green 3-ring binder)
          259 4 x 6 color prints of railroad locomotives, cars, etc. from the following railroads:
          Adirondack, Alaska, Amtrak, Bangor & Aroostook, Boston & Maine, Burlington, Canadian American,
          Canadian Government, Central Vermont, Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee, Claremont Concord,
          Conway Scenic, Delaware & Ulster, LC & M, Maine Central, Montpelier & Barre, Napierville Junction,
          New England Central, New York Central, Northern Vermont, Penn Central, Rock Island,
          Rutland, Union Pacific, United States Army

     Vol. 2 (brown 3-ring binder)
          454 4 x 6 color prints of railroad locomotives, cars, etc. from the following railroads:
          Amtrak, Bangor & Aroostook, Boston & Maine, Canadian National, Central Vermont, Conrail,
          Conway Scenic, GT, Green Mountain, Housatonic, K & L, Lehigh Valley, Maine Central,
          Montpelier & Barre, Napierville Junction, New England Central, New Haven, NHV, New York Central,
          NYO & W, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Pioneer Valley, Rutland, St. Lawrence, Vermont

     Vol. 3 (brown 3-ring binder)
          331 4 x 6 color prints of railroad locomotives, cars, etc. from the following railroads:
          Albany Port, Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, Batten Kill, Boston & Maine, Canadian National, Central Vermont,
          Concord, Conway Scenic, Delaware & Hudson, EBT, GSWR, Green Mountain, Lehigh New England,
          Montpelier & Barre, New England Central, New Haven, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Reading,
          Rutland, Western Maryland.
          23 colored slides taken at Ft. Edward, Mechanicsville, and Proctor

     Vol. 4 New England (brown 3-ring binder)
          434 4 x 6 color prints of railroad locomotives, cars, etc. from the following railroads:
          Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, Bangor & Aroostook, Boston & Maine, CPRail, Central Vermont,
          Conway Scenic, Delaware & Hudson, GT, Green Mountain, Hobo, Lackawanna, Lamoille Valley,
          Lehigh Valley, Long Island, Macintyre, Maine Central, Rahway Valley, Reading, Rutland,
          StJ & LC, Susquehanna, Vermont.

     Vol. Negatives (black 3-ring binder)
          Contains 190 numbered sheets with sleeves of color 35 mm negatives, dating from April 1989 to May 2005.
     Box 1
           4 x 6 color prints of railroad equipment and structures, grouped by railroad line and then by town
          along the line:

          Steve Mumley's collection, 5 prints;
          Rutland: Bellows Falls Division: Bellows Falls, 81 prints, inc. 4 3 1/2" x 5" prints;
          Riverside, 2 prints; Brockway Mills, 3 prints; Bartonsville, 5 prints; Gassetts. prints; Chester, 10 prints;
          Talc Siding, 3 prints; Cavendish, 11 prints; Proctorsville, 5 prints; Ludlow, 11 prints; Summit, 1 print;
          East Wallingford, 7 prints; Cuttingsville, 2 prints; East Clarendon, 3 prints;
          Mainline, 41 prints; Centre Rutland, 21 prints; Proctor, 19 prints; Florence, 8 prints; Brandon, 21 prints;
          Leicester Junction, 32 prints; Addison Subdivision: Pleasant Brook Crossing, 4 prints; Whiting, 12 prints;
          Shoreham, 8 prints; Highway #30, 2 prints; Highway #73; 8 prints; Highway #73 at Point, 4 prints;
          Larrabee's Point, 53 prints; Middlebury, 22 prints; Bristol Railroad: 24 prints; New Haven, 21 prints;
          Peck's Siding, 32 prints; Vergennes, 48 prints; Ferrisburg, 7 prints; North Ferrisburg, 1 print;
          Charlotte, 6 prints; Shelburne, 19 prints; Burlington, 45 prints; Colchester, 51 prints; South hero, 17 prints;
          Grand Isle, 17 prints; North Hero, 6 prints; South Alburgh, 32 prints; Alburg Center, 9 prints;
          Alburgh, 18 prints; Kelly, 12 prints.

     Box 2
           4 x 6 color prints of railroad equipment and structures, grouped by railroad line and then by town
          along the line:
          O & LC: Rouses Point, 40 prints; Champlain, 6 prints; Perry's Mill Rd. E., 11 prints; Perry's Mills, 19 prints;
          Barcomb Rd. to Thompson, 5 prints; Barcomb Rd. to Mooers, 7 prints; GTR: 11 prints; Mooers, 41 prints;
          Mooers Forks, 14 prints; Woods Falls, 5 prints; Irona, 14 prints; Forest, 4 prints; Forest Cut, 26 prints;
          Dannemora Crossing, 8 prints; Ellenburg Depot, 58 prints; Brandy Brook Cut, 13 prints; Brandy Brook,
          8 prints; Bull Run Road Crossing; 5 prints; Clinton Mills Ledges, 9 prints; Clinton Mills, 24 prints;
          Churubusco Gravel Pit, 10 prints; Churubusco, 30 prints; Lost Nation Road East, 12 prints; Chateaugay,
          45 prints; Burke, 24 prints;
          NYC Adirondack Div.: 15 prints; Malone Jct., 6 prints; Morton Siding, 27 prints; Malone, 69 prints;
          Bangor, 16 prints; Bruston, 17 prints; Moira, 65 prints; North Lawrence, 11 prints; Winthrop, 12 prints;
          Sherman Lumber Co., 4 prints; Knapps, 10 prints; Norwood, 21 prints; Highes Road Town Line, 5 prints;
          Madrid, 19 prints; Buck Road-Brandy Brook, 3 prints; Lisbon, 44 prints; Ogdensburg, 43 prints; Prescott,
          17 prints; New York Central: 6 prints.

     Box 3
           4 x 6 color prints of railroad equipment and structures, grouped by railroad line and then by town:
          B & R Division: Bennington, 26 prints; Glastonbury Track, 24 prints; North Bennington to Bennington,
          14 prints; North Bennington, 45 prints; White Creek Branch: 11 prints; South Shaftsbury, 1 print;
          Arlington, 13 prints; MD & G Railroad: 13 prints; Manchester, 18 prints; North Dorset, 1 print;
          Davis Siding, 20 prints; Danby, 12 prints; East Dorset, 49 prints; South Wallingford, 3 prints;
          Wallingford, 11 prints; Corkscrew Division: Anthony Station, 2 prints; Beehive Crossing, 5 prints;
          Beehive to Route 95, 30 prints; Petersbury Junction, 5 prints; North Petersburg, 1 print;
          Petersburg, 3 prints; Berlin, 14 prints; Center Berlin, 1 print; Cherry Plain, 3 prints;
          Stephentown, 23 prints; New Lebanon, 7 prints; Adams Crossing, 2 prints; Brainard, 30 prints;
          Riders, 3 prints; Old Chatham, 100 prints, inc. a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" print; Miscellaneous, 41 prints
          (Jeffersonville, North Underhill, Underhill, Jericho, Essex Center, Winooski Park)

     Box 4
          4 x 6 color prints of railroad equipment and structures, grouped by railroad line and then by town
          along the line:
          Canadian Pacific, 60 prints; Clarendon & Pittsford, 53 prints;
Boston & Albany, 11 prints;
          Hardwick & Woodbury ,23 prints; Maine Central, 58 prints, inc. 3 3 1/2" x 5" prints;
          Washington County, 3 prints; Barre & Chelsea, 12 prints;
          Montpelier & Wells River: Montpelier, 4 prints; Plainfield, 11 prints; South Ryegate,
25 prints;
          Boltonville, 3 prints; Wells River, 4 prints;

          Lamoille Valley Extension, 13 prints;
St. Johsnbury: Swanton, 15 prints; Sheldon Junction, 4 prints;
          Fairfield, 1 print; East Fairfield, 3 prints; Cambridge Junction, 5 prints; Johnson, 9 prints;
          Morrisville, 12 prints; Wolcott, 6 prints; Hardwick, 6 prints; East Hardwick, 3 prints;
          Greensborough Bend, 3 prints; Joe's Pond, 1 print; Danville, 12 prints;
          St. Johnsbury, 38 prints, inc. a 3 1/2" x 5" print;
Saratoga-Champlain Division: 5 prints;
          Rouse's Point, 22 prints; Chazy, 2 prints; Scoita, 1 3 1/2" x 5" print; West Chazy, 4 prints
          inc. 2 3 1/2" x 5" prints; Plattsburg, 5 prints;
Chateaugay: 10 prints; Willsboro, 2 prints;
          Red Rocks, 7 prints; Essex, 3 prints; Whallonsburg, 1 print; Westport, 6 prints;
          Port Henry, 10 prints; Crown Point, 7 prints; Ticonderoga, 7 prints; Whitehall, 11 prints;
          Ft. Ann, 2 prints; Ft. Edward, 1 print; Saratoga Springs, 1 print; Mechanicville, 6 prints;
          Green Island, 10 prints; Troy, 4 prints; Waterford, 3 prints, Cohoes, 1 print;           
          Watervliet, 3 prints; Schenectady, 11 prints; Albany, 5 prints;

          North Creek Branch: Kings, 3 prints; Corinth, 2 prints; Warrensburg, 12 prints;
          Riparius, 4 prints; North Creek, 5 prints; Tahawus, 25 prints; Rutland Branch:
          Whitehall, 2 prints; Fair Haven, 10 prints; Castleton, 12 prints; West Rutland, 21 prints,
          inc. a 4" x 4 1/4" print; Rutland, 1 print;

          Washington Branch: Poultney, 20 prints; Middle Granville, 5 prints; Granville, 9 prints;
          West Pawlet, 10 prints; Rupert, 4 prints; Salem, 12 prints; Shushan, 9 prints; Cambridge,
          19 prints; Greenwich, 3 prints; Eagle Bridge, 7 prints;
          Susquehanna Division: Schenevus, 8 prints; Worchestershire, 9 prints; Howe's Cave,
          2 prints; Cobleskill, 21 prints.

     Box 5
          4 x 6 color prints of railroad equipment and structures, grouped by railroad line and then by town
          along the line:
          St. Armand, 5prints; Central Vermont, Northern Division: Alburgh Springs, 3 prints; East Alburgh,
          16 prints; Swanton, 48 prints; St. Albans, 47 prints; Bellevue Hill, St. Albans, 19 prints; Richford Sub,
          83 prints; Milton, 18 prints; Georgia, 1 print; Essex Junction, 13 prints; Richmond, 7 prints;
          Waterbury, 16 prints; Middlesex, 4 prints; Montpelier Junction, 8 prints; Northfield, 13 prints;
          Roxbury, 2 prints; Randolph, 35 prints; Bethel, 4 prints; South Royalton, 11 prints; Royalton,
          2 prints; White River Junction, 41 prints; Hartland, 2 prints; Windsor, 13 prints; Claremont Junction,
          4 prints; Clarement & Concord: 8 prints; Charlestown, 16 prints; North Walpole, 10 prints;
          Bellows Falls, 13 prints; West River Railroad: 43 prints; Brattleboro, 22 prints;
          CV Southern Division ,Amherst, 7 prints; Palmer, 22 prints; New England Southern: 8 prints;
          West Willington, 1 print; Stafford Springs, 4 prints; Willimantic, 12 prints; Windham, 7 prints;
          Norwich, 2 prints; New London, 6 prints; Boston & Maine, 198 prints; unidentified, 9 prints.


Posters and Broadsides
     School Sunday Excursion to Burlington, Vt., Friday, July 12, 1901

Rutland & Noyan Railway Co.
     Financial ledger, covering July 18, 1899 to July 31, 1934 (purchased 2-08)

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Photocopies)      

Town or City
Date of Map
Alburgh 1914
Arlington 1921; corrected to 1943
Barre 1925; corrected to 1949
Barton 1928
Bartons Landing 1905
Beecher Falls no date
Bellows Falls 1927; corrected to 1956
Bellows Falls -- North Walpole 1932 (Trackwork schematic)
Bennington 1925
Berlin 1912
Bethel 1929; corrected to 1943
Bradford 1922 / 1942
Brandon 1929; corrected to 1937
Brattleboro 1896 / 1901 / 1925 / 1925 corrected to 1950
Bristol 1920 / 1927
Burlington 1951
Cambridge 1915
Center Rutland 1925; corrected to 1961
Champlain 1884 / 1891 / 1930 and 1930 corrected to 1940
Charlotte 1915
Chateaugay 1923 corrected to 1945 and 1955
Chatham 1923 corrected to 1945
Chester 1925 corrected to 1944
Colchester 1951
Danby 1915
East Alburgh 1915
East Dorset 1921 corrected to 1943
East Wallingford 1938
Enosburg Falls 1930 corrected to 1959
1909-1918 various creamery locations
Essex Junction 1928 corrected to 1944
Fair Haven 1944
Fairlee 1944
Florence 1937
Gilman 1925
Greensboro Bend 1914
Hardwick 1929 corrected to 1939 / (duplicate copy)
Highgate Springs 1936
Island Pond 1920 corrected to 1928
Johnson 1925 corrected to 1936
Johnsonville 1959
Ludlow 1921 corrected to 1940
Lyndonville 1928
Madrid 1927 corrected to 1947
Malone 1923 corrected to 1965
Manchester 1921 / 1921 corrected to 1943
Middleburgh approx. 1910
Middlebury 1927 corrected to 1944 / 1933
Moira 1915 / 1927
Monticello 1887 / 1892 / 1904 / 1911 / 1921 / 1929
Montpelier 1925 corrected to 1945
Morrisville 1928 corrected to 1945
Newfane 1914 - Jim McFarlane / 1915 / 1937 Stearns Jenkins
North Bennington 1906
North Creek 1912 / 1927 / date unknown
Northfield 1926 corrected to 1940
Norwood 1926 corrected to 1949
Ogdensburg 1884 / 1925 / 1925 corrected to 1962
Old Chatham 1886 / 1913
Port Jarvis 1921
Poultney 1929 corrected to 1940
Proctor 1929 corrected to 1944
Randolph 1929
Readsboro 1909
Richford 1930
Richmond 1926
Rochester 1910
Rouses Point 1930 corrected to 1950
Roxbury 1914
Rutland 1934 corrected to 1948
Schoharie approx. 1910-42
Shelburne 1951
Sheldon Springs 1927
South Londonderry 1915
South Royalton 1942
South Shaftsbury 1921
St. Albans 1926
St. Johnsbury 1927
Swanton 1930 corrected to 1938
Talcville (Lower Rochester) 1928
Vergennes 1892 / 1897 / 1905 / 1910 / 1920 / 1927 /
1927 corrected to 1959
Wallingford 1946
Waterbury 1926 corrected to 1948 / corrected to 1962
Wells River 1922 corrected to 1938
West Randolph 1892
West Rutland 1929 corrected to 1938
White River Junction 1925 corrected to 1941 / plus blue print no date
Windsor 1925 corrected to 1941
Winooski 1926 / 1951
Woodstock 1904 / 1925 / 1925 corrected to 1941
Port Jarvis 1921

Specifications
     Specifications for grading, masonry and foundations, track-laying and ballasting on the
     Rutland-Canadian Railroad, dated February 1, 1899.
     New York Central Railroad. Standard specifications for electric light, power supply and
     trolley line crossings, dated July 14, 1919.
     New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Specifications for the construction of overhead
     high-tension power transmission lines of over 5,000 volts crossing railroads.
     New York Central Railroad Company. Standard specifications for electric light, power supply
     and trolley line crossings, dated January 2, 1922.
     New York Central Lines and Rutland R. R. Co. Specifications for telegraph, telephone,
     and other communication wire and cable crossings, dated September 28, 1925.
     New York Central Lines and Rutland R. R. Co. Specifications for electric light, power
     supply and trolley line crossings, dated January 8, 1925.


Statistics
     Principal shippers of carload traffic on line of the Rutland Railway Corporation.
          Origins and shippers. 1956-61. 3 p. 2 copies
     Principal shippers of carload traffic on line of the Rutland Railway Corporation.
          Destinations and consignees. 1956-61. 11 p.


Stock and Bond Certificates (Purchased from dealer Terry Rillihan, August, 2002)
      Rutland Railroad, 1886
      Rutland Railroad, 1873


Stock Transfer Ledgers (Donated by Bill Badger, 2003)

Strike of 1960 (material donated by Steven Mumley, May, 2005)
Folder 1
     Letter dated March 29, 1963 to Thomas W. Lynch, Esq. from Clark, Carr & Ellis
     Re: Rutland v. Brotherhood Civil #3070
     4 p. list of assignments that have been advertised and bid off on the Ogdensburg sub-division after
     the four operating brotherhoods "withdrew employees represented by them from service of the
     Rutland Railway Corporation."
     Plaintiffs exhibit #1
     Agreement between Rutland Railway Corporation and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
     Plaintiff's exhibit #2-A
     Agreement between Rutland Railway Corporation and Order of Railway Conductors and
     Brakemen.
     Plaintiff's exhibit #3-A
     Agreement between Rutland Railway Corporation and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
     Plaintiff's exhibit #4-A
     Agreement between Rutland Railway Corporation and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
     and Enginemen.
     Plaintiff's exhibit #5-A
     Ogdensburg Sub-division Train Runs and Assignments Commencing September 17, 1960
     Plaintiff's exhibit #6
     Ogdensburg Sub-division Train Runs and Assignment in Effect September 16, 1960
     Plaintiff's exhibit #7
     National Railroad Adjustment Board. Rutland Railway Corporation vs. 4 brotherhoods listed
     Plaintiff's exhibit #8
     Western Union telegram dated Sep 14, 1960 to W. I. Ginsburg from E. C. Thompson re strike
     authorization by the four brotherhoods.
     Plaintiff's exhibit #9
     Western Union telegram dated September 14, 1960 to E. C. Thompson, Executive Secretary of the
     National Mediation Board from W. I. Ginsburg, President of the Rutland Railway Corp.
     Plaintiff's exhibit #10
     List of regular train runs and assigned crews, dated September 1, 1960
     Plaintiffs exhibit #11
     Packet of legal correspondence relating to the strike, including letters signed by Phil Hoff, telegrams,
     and copies of newspaper articles.

Folder 2
     Packet of various court filings and legal correspondence dated 1961-3. Some forms signed
     by Phil Hoff
    Reply brief of planitiffs Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Railway Labor Executives
    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.
     United States of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission, defendants. No. C 63-55
     Statement in opposition to motion for leave to amend answer, and reply brief, of intervening
     defendant Rutland Railway Corporation, 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. United States of America and Interstate Commerce
     Commission, defendants, civil action no. C63-55.
     Reply memorandum on behalf of intervening defendant Penick & Ford, Ltd., Incorporated, 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. United States
     of America and Interstate Commerce Commission and Rutland Railway Corporation, State of
     Vermont, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Incorporated. Civil Action no. C63-55.
     Memorandum on behalf of intervening defendant, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Incorporated, 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. United States
      of America and Interstate Commerce Commission and Rutland Railway Corporation, State of
     Vermont, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Incorporated. Civil Action no. C63-55.
     Reply brief of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the United States District Court for the
     Northern District of Ohio
     E
astern Division. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Railway Labor Executives'
     Association, plaintiffs, v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission ,
     defendants. Civil Action no. C63-55.
     Agreement dated June 28, 1963 between Rutland Railway Corporation and Brotherhood of
     Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway
     Conductors and Brakemen, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. 3 p.
     Agreement dated June 28, 1963 between Rutland Railway Corporation, Railway Labor
     Executives' Association and about 15 labor unions. 6 p.
     Transcript of depositions of William I. Ginsburg and John W. Lovett taken by the defendants
     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.

Folder 3
     Request for an injunction filed in the United States District Court, District of Vermont. Filed
     9-26-60 by the Rutland Railway Corporation, plaintiff, v. four unions named. Civil action no. 3070.
     Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In
     the Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1961. Thomas M. Debevoise, Attorney
     General of the State of Vermont,
     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. Civil action no. 26721. Thomas M. Debevoise, Attorney General of the State of Vermont,
     and State of Vermont, appellants, v. Rutland Railway Corporation, appellee. On appeal from
     the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
     Brief for appellants and appendix. Civil action no. 26721. United States Court of Appeals for
     the Second Circuit.Thomas M. Debevoise, Attorney General of the State of Vermont, and State
     of Vermont, appellants, v. Rutland Railway Corporation, appellee. On appeal from the United
     States District Court for the District of Vermont.
     Brief 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.,
     defendant-appellants, on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
     United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. No. 259 - September term, 1961. (Argued March 8, 1962
     Decided June 18, 1962) Docket No. 26760. Rutland Railway Corporation, plaintiff-appellee, v.
     Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al., defendants-appellants.
     Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In the Supreme
     Court of the United States, October term, 1962. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al., petitioners,
     v. Rutland Railway Corporation, respondent.
     Appendix to petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
     In the Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1962. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
     et al., petitioners, v. Rutland Railway Corporation, respondent.
     Brief of Appellants Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. 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.
     Federal Supplement. vol. 188 no. 6 January 16, 1961 Includes Rutland Railway Corporation v.
     Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, p. 721+.
     Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
     In the Supreme Court of the United States. October term, 1961. Thomas M. Debevoise,
      Attorney General of the State of Vermont, and State 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.


Timetables    (Donated by Warren Dodgson)
     No. 94 Effective Sunday, April 26, 1936
     No. 97 Effective Sunday, September 26, 1937
     No. 100 Effective Sunday, April 30, 1939
     No. 113 Effective Sunday, Sept. 29, 1946
     No. 117 Effective Sunday, Sept. 26, 1948
     No. 121 Effective Sunday, Sept. 24, 1950
     No. 122 Effective Sunday, April 29, 1951
     No. 123 Effective Sunday, Sept. 30, 1951
     No. 124 Effective Sunday, April 27, 1952
     No. 125 Effective Sunday, Sept. 28, 1952
     No. 126 Effective Sunday, April 26, 1953
     No. 128 Effective Sunday, Oct. 31, 1954
     No. 133 Effective Sunday, April 24, 1960

Train and Watch Registers
     July 18, 1954 - Oct. 23, 1954 (Donated by Warren Dodgson, September 2005)
     May 9, 1955 - Aug. 17, 1955 (Donated by Warren Dodgson, September, 2005)
     Aug. 6, 1961 - Sept. 21, 1961, June 10, 1964 - August 20, 1964 (Donated by David Saums, May 2006)



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     Bjorkman, Thomas A. "Rutland Railway." MBA thesis New York U., 1964.
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Audit (1954) of the Rutland Railway Corporation.
n. p., n. d.
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     Nimke, R. W. The Rutland: Arrivals and Departures: Train Schedules, 1901-1961.
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          Walpole, NH: R. Nimke, 1986.
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          Vermont Collection TF25 R87 N55 1987

     Nimke, R. W. The Rutland: Spurs and Siding. Walpole, NH: R. W. Nimke, c1991.
          Vermont Collection Oversize TF25 R87 N57 1991

     Rutland Newsliner. Rutland Railroad Historical Society. 1987-
          Vermont Collection Periodicals AP2 R88

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          Vermont Collection HE2791 R949 S5 1997

     Smith, Robert David. "Cost Problems of the Rutland Railroad and its Successors
From 1937 to 1968
."
          Dissertation. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1970.

     Vermont. Board of Railroad Commissioners. Biennial Report.
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