NEB&W Guide to Bartonsville, VTLast Update: 2009-09-10
- Town was named after Jerry Barton, the first settler.
- This photo of Bartonsville, VT
appeared in Jim Shaughnessy's
The Rutland Road,
simple but with such classic elements of New England railroading, a covered bridge
and blazing autumn foliage. This picture made us want to
copy it in HO scale, the first scene in the club's history
that we attempted to recreate.
- Apparently the bridge was built in 1870 by Sanford Granger, and is 151 feet
long.
- Our model of this scene, based on the Shaughnessy photo.
- [NEB&W view.]
- Other views.
- [Another view, unknown photographer, courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- [Another view, unknown photographer, also courtesy Nimke.]
- [And yet another, c. 1985, by Jim Shaughnessy.]
- [Interior view, c. 1973.]
- [Another view from the other side, c. 1973. (Farm in the distance.)]
- [Another view from the other side, unknown photographer, from our collection.]
- [Low level view. Donald Robinson photo, courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- More photos on the layout.
- [Model view of just the bridge. Photo by James Lauser.]
- [With a 2-8-0.]
- [With an Athearn Mikado, photo by James Lauser.]
- C. WWI, a passenger car was used a temporary station.
- [Prototype view, looking south. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- [Looking west from the other side of the river. Photo courtesy Nimke.]
- The depot, built in 1922, was a small, classic Queen Anne style building.
(Queen Anne was an 1880's style, still used by the railroads
at such a late date.)
- [Prototype view c. 1920's, looking north. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- [Prototype view. Phil Hastings photo, looking south, also from The Rutland Road.]
- [Prototype view c. 1947. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- The c. 1917 Valuation notes for this depot, a "standard" 16 x 40 foot
Rutland depot.
- [Val. notes.]
- Bethlehem's Rutland Car Shop Division makes a cast resin
kit for the Rutland's standard depot, no. RCS-SS1, which
we will eventually use in this scene.
- [Model photo courtesy Bethlehem.]
- As a stand-in model, we kitbashed an Atlas depot by replacing the kit roof and
dormers with a simple scratchbuilt hip roof.
- [Model photo.]
- The train order board was across the tracks from the depot. (Typically
it is placed on the roof of the depot so it can be activated from
inside.)
- [John Parker photo, courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- A high-level view of the model scene (with the Gassetts bridge in the
background).
- [Model photo by James Lauser.]
Bartonsville, Not Being Modeled
- There was a farm just west of the tracks, which
on our scene, would be in the aisle.
- [Looking from the tracks c. 1973.]
- [Looking toward the tracks c. 1973. (I think I took the photo from a moving car.)]
- Across the river was a vinegar factory, which piped
vinegar across to the tracks, for loading into wooden vats
on vinegar cars. I'm not sure how long it stood.
- [Prototype view c. 1920's. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
- [Prototype view c. 1920's. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]
