Bristol Railroad

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New Haven VT – Bristol VT, as of 2010
Route length: 10.61 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Tracks: 1
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Burlington
Station without passenger traffic
 0.00 New Haven VT (formerly New Haven Junction)
   
 to Bellows Falls
   
 approx. 3.5 New Haven VT
   
 10.61 Bristol VT

The Bristol Railroad was a railway company in Vermont ( United States ). It was established in 1890 to connect the city of Bristol to the rail network. When the Rutland and Burlington Railroad was built, the city had no connection, the railway line passed west of the city. The 10.61 kilometer long standard gauge branch line of the Bristol Railroad branched off from the main line in New Haven Junction and led via New Haven to Bristol. It went into operation on November 25, 1891, although the official opening ceremony did not take place until January 5, 1892.

Besides passengers, the main cargo was potatoes and wood. The railway company only had a single B2 'tank locomotive of the Forney type , which was number 1. In addition, in 1911 the railway had a gas-powered multiple unit, a closed freight car and a combined baggage, mail and general cargo car. The railcar with the number 5 was bought by the Boston tram in 1911 and remained in service until the early 1920s. In 1922 the railway company acquired a used locomotive with a 2'B wheel arrangement, which was given the number 11. The timetable of June 22, 1913 provided for four trains in each direction that only ran on working days. It took them 20 minutes for the route.

The dairy in Bristol was an important customer for Deutsche Bahn. However, it burned down in the early 1920s and was not reopened afterwards. Since the railway was not very lucrative and after the beginning of the global economic crisis no investor was found who wanted to take over the railway, the Bristol Railroad ceased operations on April 12, 1930. The route was then dismantled. Part of the route now carries Vermont State Route 17.

Sources and further information

Individual evidence
  1. ↑ Mike Walker: Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. New England & Maritime Canada. SPV-Verlag, Dunkirk (GB), 2010.
  2. ^ Poor's Manual of Railroads, 44th Annual Number. Poor's Railroad Manual Co., 1911, p. 35.
  3. ↑ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Issued November 1913. Bristol RR. Page 75.
  4. ↑ http://www.wcvt.com/history/cvt_1999.pdf (PDF, 9.4 MB!)
literature
  • Robert C. Jones: Railroads of Vermont, Volume I. New England Press Inc., 1993. ISBN 1-881535-01-0 .
  • Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA 2000. ISBN 0-942147-06-5
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