The Rutland Road

'It is a pleasure to see one of the best railroad histories, a well-balanced mix of text and photography, appear in a second edition.... The new edition...incorporates two new sections covering the reincarnation of the defunct property.

Burlington --- Boston or Bust

1

(14)

Early railroad plans for connecting the Atlantic seaboard with the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence

Differences between Follett and Paine

Chartering of the Champlain & Connecticut and the Vermont Central

Fight between the two roads for financing

Infiltration of ``spies'' into each other's organizations

Construction of the Champlain & Connecticut

Re-organization of Champlain & Connecticut into Rutland & Burlington Company

The race for the mail contract

Opening of the line and attendant festivities

First schedules

Connections with other roads

Breakthrough at Burlington

15

(8)

Refusal of Vermont Central to connect at Burlington

Vermont Central's connection with Vermont & Canada at Essex Junction, blocking the Rutland from a northern connection

Entry of the Smiths in Vermont Central-Rutland fight

Desperate plight of the Rutland for line-haul business

Court actions

Vermont Central finally cooperates, but direct northern connection for the Rutland still far in the future

The Hunted Traps the Hunter

23

(14)

Reorganization of the Rutland and Burlington into the Rutland Railroad Company

Eastern and western connections

Connections with the new London Northern

Rutland threats to the Vermont Central's dominance of northern connections

Leasing of the Rutland by the Vermont Central

Mr. Smith Takes the Throttle

37

(16)

Recession and financial troubles for the Vermont Central

Connections to New York City

More financial troubles

Reorganization of the Vermont Central into the Central Vermont Railroad

D & H interest in the Rutland

Lease renewed

Still more financial troubles

Vermont Central control crumbles

Delaware & Hudson stuck with the Rutland

Charles Clement takes over

The Old and Late Coming

53

(22)

The Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain story

Inception and construction of Northern Railroad of New York

Lake Champlain trestle to connect with Vermont & Canada

Steamboat opposition

First refrigerator car

Butter to Boston

Ships to Chicago

Reorganization to from O&LC

Fenian War

Acquisition by the Vermont Central

The White Mountain Express

Rail connections westward

Loss of traffic to the NYC & HR

Independent ownership returns

Acquisition by the Rutland

Branching Out

75

(26)

Clement builds a strong Rutland

Acquisition of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain

Trackage north through the Islands

Southward extension to Chatham

The railroad war

The Bennington & Rutland

The Lebanon Springs Railroads

Your Move, Mr. Vanderbilt

101

(24)

Seward Webb, the Commodore's son-in-law, buys in

Percival makes a killing

The Ne-Ha-Se-Ne comes to Vermont

The Rutland as Mr. Vanderbilt's pawn

New equipment and prosperous times

The New Haven becomes an owner, too

The Panama Canal Act

Prosperity goes with the ships

Uncle Sam Takes Over

125

(10)

The USRA

The War takes its toll

New power

Rehabilitation under the Transportation Act

Henry Ford's threat

Industrial Revolution, but not on the Rutland

Solid trains of milk

Buses to Chatham

A good quarter-century

Long Meet at Proctor

135

(12)

The flood of 27

Milk wreck and narrow escape

The Green Mountain Flyer saved

Clarendon & Pittsford to the rescue

Damage and reconstruction

Save the Rutland

147

(14)

The depression years

Decadence and ultimate receivership

Abandonment a possibility

Wage cuts under protest

``Save the Rutland'' Club

Public support of reorganization

Shippers' pledges

Taxes forgiven

The Whippet

Strike threat

F.D.R. says no

The War Brings prosperity

Reorganization proposals

The Barlow plan

The Rutland Railway is born

The New Era

161

(24)

Caverly steps in

Scrapping of steam and dieselization

New cars

Chatham branch abandonment

Passenger service dropped

Efficiency drive

Dividends paid

The future looks good

Requiem

185

(23)

Too much prosperity

Four years of profit

Labor unrest

Adamant management

Mounting costs and highway competition

Two divisions from three?

The strike of 1960

A year's reprieve

The strike of 1961

Negotiations futile

Application for abandonment

ICC approval

Labor blocks abandonment

Epilogue --- A New Era, but not for the Rutland

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(179)

Rutland Album

220

(110)

Vermont Album

330

(28)

Green Mountain Album

358

(24)

The Obpa Album

382

(5)

APPENDIX

387

(44)

Roster of Locomotives

387

(39)

Chronology of the Rutland Railroad

426

(2)

Operating Ratio 1900--1962

428

(2)

Population of Major Towns 1960

430

(1)

Bibliography

430

(1)

Index

431

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