A guide to Rutland RS-3s
When the Rutland dieselized in 1951-52, it created an image that became a classic for 1950s railway enthusiasts. The Rutland chose three diesels to modernize with: Alco RS-1, Alco RS-3, and the GE 70-tonne switcher. […]
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Intermountain PS-1 Box Cars produced
As I have written about before, the Intermountain PS-1 box car model is the best starting point to build a fleet if you model the Rutland. Yes the Kadee are nice, but there are a […]
Updating the Rutland PS-1 Box Car
Reprinted from the Rutland Railroad Historical Society. Article published in Winter 2014 (Volume 25, Number 4) issue of “The Newsliner.” A comparison of Rutland PS-1 #100, as built and #194, with all updates completed. By […]
Rutland PS-2 uses
The Rutland purchased 15 Pullman Standard PS-2 two-bay covered hoppers in 1956. Some of the PS-2s were assigned to specific services/shipments. The cars were numbered 500-514. 503 and 507 were assigned to cheese whey between […]
Rutland Train Operations memo
This is a memo from April 23, 1956, announcing the new train symbols and operations times for the Rutland. The copy I transcribed this from is a classic purple and white, now faded, mimeographed document. […]
Bullfrogs and Sidewinders
More progress. Installed cross pieces for the interior of the modules. Two cross pieces cut, glued, and air-nailed into place. I also added two flat cross pieces at the bottom which will allow for the […]
Review: Atlas’ new ICC Wide-vision van
Atlas RR has had a wide-vision van (or caboose) model for many years, and one has been offered as Rutland #50. However that model was not very accurate. Yes it was an ICC Wide-Vision or […]
Roadbed complete, progress made
Progress report. Roadbed is glued down. Switches picked out and placed. Holes cut underneath the switch rods for the switch machine rods to feed through. Up next, who knows. Just progress.
While listening to a bad hockey game…
… I decided to lay some cork roadbed. Midwest Products cork did the trick here. This is the west end of town. I selected which salvaged turnouts I was going to use and started hacking […]
Track planning – A town in eight feet
Work continued on the Rutland in North Bangor. After aligning and clamping the two modules together, I measured and ran a chalk line down for the main line. Much of the Rutland west of Malone […]
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