NEB&W Guide to Bartonsville, VT

Last Update: 2008-07-04

Photo Gallery Table of Contents

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1. 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.
   • [Prototype view.]

2. Apparently the bridge was built in 1870 by Sanford Granger, and is 151 feet long.

3. Our model of this scene, based on the Shaughnessy photo.
   • [NEB&W view.]

4. Other views.
   • [Another view, unknown photographer, courtesy Bob Nimke.]
   • [Another view, unknown photographer, from our collection.]
   • [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.]

5. 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.]

6. C. WWI, a passenger car was used a temporary station.
   • [Prototype view, looking south. Courtesy Bob Nimke.]

7. 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.]

8. The c. 1917 Valuation notes for this depot, a "standard" 16 x 40 foot Rutland depot.
   • [Val. notes.]

9. 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.]
10. 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.]

11. A high-level view of the model scene (with the Gassetts bridge in the background).
    • [Model photo by James Lauser.]

    Bartonsville, Not Being Modeled

12. 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.)]
13. 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.]

See our Layout Guide for Bartonsville.

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