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| Rutland Ry. caboose at Center Rutland, Vermont March 2012. This area will be open for inspection during next weekends Rutland Railroad Historical Society Convention. |
"Thank you stopping by the Rutland Railway Museum in earlier years. Since your last visit,
our organization went through quite a few changes. We had an administrative change with a positive result. Currently, the 45 is being carefully looked at to preserve what there is to make "her" presentable for visitors in upcoming months. Work is underway with making the cupola weather tight as possible. All the work is being done with a skeleton crew of myself and one of the officers from the Rutland Railway Association. There's a lot of good surprises found in the caboose. Lots of the original details are still intact. And yes there's some water issues found along the way. The roof needs to be re-covered with something other than a blue tarp. We are looking at roofing membrane to reduce the water seepage to a minimum. The cupola has structural damage. With common sense and
some level of woodworking sense; 45 could be cosmetically saved in some form or another. We lack volunteers and new "blood" to join our group. 45 is only one of many projects that need to be put in place. Funding is always an issue and that area is a sensitive topic with railway preservation in many places. The good news, at the end of this month in April; the Rutland Railway Historical Society will be visiting the depot and #45 on a private tour of the facilities. #45 will be open for inspection to the members of the RRHS. I will be there on call for the day. Along with a few of our members leading a guide tour of our complex. The Rutland Railroad Museum is a diamond in the rough."
Rutland Railway Association will be hosting their 6th Annual Model Railroad Show & Swap Meet on Saturday, September 30, 2017. This will be our second year at the wonderful
ReplyDeletefacilities of the College of St. Joseph at 71 Clement Road in Rutland, VT 05701. Set your
GPS for these coordinates. Minutes off Route 4 from Fair Haven, VT or Rutland. (Rt.4 West)
Doors open at 10AM close at 3PM. $5.00 general admission, children under 12 free. We
have the pleasure again of having the Amherst Belt Lines HO Modular Railroad Group operate their 20 foot by 40 foot model railroad. A special treat for visitors of all ages. we will have vendors selling new and gently used trains and accessories of all scales, along with dealers selling DVD's, books and railroad memorabilia. Several historical societies will be there this year supporting our show. Including the Rutland Railway Historical Society and the Rutland Historical Society. Please stop by.