NEB&W Guide to Rutland, VT - North End Industries

Last Update: 2008-12-13

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Overview

• On the north end, there were three coal dealers, all in a line, clustered around the Pine Street underpass.
  • [Mid-1950's aerial view, courtesy Jim Shaughnessy's The Rutland Road.]
  • [Sanborn map, I believe c. 1944.]
  • [In progress model view c. 1999.]

John Welch Coal

• The furthest north was John Welch Coal. We have very little info.
  • [Mid-1950's aerial view, courtesy Jim Shaughnessy.]
  • [End view, c. 1900. Photo courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [End of the office building c. 2000. (The pencil lines are to determine the older roof line.)]
  • [Track map.]
  • [Close-up of the Sanborn map.]

Duffy's Coal

• Hugh Duffy Coal & Oil was established in 1892 and still stands today, although no longer gets rail service.
  • [Mid-1950's aerial view, courtesy Jim Shaughnessy.]
  • [Track map.]
  • [Close-up of the Sanborn map.]
  • [D&H train head toward Whitehall c. WWI. Photo courtesy Jim Shaughnessy. (Duffy's is in the background on the left.)]
  • [View of the trackside c. 1918. Note the posters. (Hart, Schaffner & Marx, established in 1887, is said to be the oldest brand of tailored clothes in America and is still in business. Duffy's carried this billboard sign until it faded away.)]
  • [Milk train c. 1920's or '30's. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [Double-headed freight. Photo courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [Opposite or interior side of this wall c. 1980's.]
  • [Interior view from the track c. 1980's. Note the single guard rail.]
  • [View of the coal yard looking south, c. 1980's.]
  • [Front, c. 1980's.]
  • [Broadside of the side of the office c. 1980's. Note the false-front.]
  • [Broadside truck scale next to the office c. 1980's.]
  • [View from gate c. 1980's.]
  • [View from the overpass c. 1980's.]

• The prototype was about 110 feet from the edge of the street to the track center serving the coal shed. On our layout, we only have about 75 feet. And the coal shed is about 50 feet wide, whereas ours is only about 30 feet.
  The office is about 18 feet deep by 16 feet across the front. Our office is 24 feet across and 18 feet deep. Apparently the office was built wider, with the enlarged side having a longer shallower roof. (Note the sign, which is on the peak, is not centered.)
  • [Model of the office, under construction, Nov. 15th, 2008.]

• On the opposite side of the tracks, Duffy had oil tanks. They don't seem to show in the 1940 Sanborn map, but were there by the mid-'50's. (We can't model them as on that side of our layout, we are modeling a section from north Troy.)
  • [Aerial photo c. '55 showing the tanks. Photo courtesy Jim Shaughnessy.]
  • [Photo from street level, mid-1980's.]
  • [Photo from track level, mid-1980's.]

Burditt Brothers

• Burditt Brothers dated back to the Civil War. By WWII, it had been taken over by Norcross Edridge. The track ran into the one story annex in the back.
  • [Engraving when only the triangular building was built.]
  • [Engraving c. 1860 prior to adding the mansard roof.]
  • [Looking south, c. 1918. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [Sanborn map c. '44.]
  • [The front c. WWII, with D&H 2-8-0 no. 771 in the foreground.]
  • [North end, c. 1950. Note the mansard roof.]
  • [Same angle, c. '68. Photo by Bill Brigham. By this time, the mansard roof has been taken down.]

Evelyn Street

• We have decided to model the rest of this block along Evelyn Street.
  • [Sanborn map, c. '44.]
  • [Aerial view, c. '40's. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [Aerial photo, from the other end c. 1955. Photo courtesy Jim Shaughnessy.]
  • [North end. Note the fence along the tracks.]
  • [Trackside.]
  • [Trackside of the garage.]
  • [South end, street side, Keyes Wholesale Grocery. Photo courtesy Bill Badger.]
  • [South end, street side, Keyes. Postcard.]
  • [Close-up of the street side of Keyes c. WWI.]

See our Layout Guide for Rutland Yard

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