Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad
The Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad was a railroad company based in Vermont and New York ( United States ). It was founded on November 13, 1847, initially as the Rutland and Washington Railroad and existed until 1868. It built a standard-gauge , 72-kilometer-long railway line from Rutland to Vermont to Salem . The route ran along the border between Vermont and New York and crossed it several times.
From there to Eagle Bridge , the Troy and Rutland Railroad built the 28-kilometer continuation of the route. This company was founded on July 2, 1849 and also owned the New York sections of Rutland & Washington. From the time it was founded, Troy & Rutland was leased by Rutland & Washington, and both companies jointly ran the entire route. The line went into operation on February 9, 1852.
The railway was not profitable, as the Bennington and Rutland Railway ran parallel only about 20 kilometers east , which connected more important places. The company was therefore temporarily closed on April 1, 1855, but reopened on April 1, 1856. On June 3, 1865, the two companies merged to form Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad , which in turn was leased only twelve days later by the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad and finally taken over by them in 1868. According to the timetable of March 2, 1868, two passenger trains ran daily in each direction, as well as another train from Salem. All trains went to Troy. Later the line went to the Delaware and Hudson Railway .
The route now only exists between Rutland and Castleton and between Salem and Eagle Bridge. The section near Rutland is operated by the Ethan Allen Express of Amtrak and freight trains of the Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad , the section near Salem is operated by the Batten Kill Railroad in freight traffic.
Individual evidence
- ^ Travelers Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada, June 1868 edition. KBS 78.