Rutland Railroad/Railway number 93, an Alco built 4-8-2 is seen at Bellows, Vermont in 1952. The Rutland lasted 120 years from 1843 to 1963 and at it zenith served an approximately 400 mile (640 km) system that roughly resembled an upside-down "L" running from Chatham, New York north to Alburgh, Vermont (the railway's furthest northern terminus was Noyan, Quebec) and then west to Ogdensburg, New York along the St. Lawrence River. A reorganization in 1950 changed the name from Rutland Railroad to Rutland Railway, but with continuing financial problems in the 1950s the railway closed down and much of the right-of-way was purchased by the State of Vermont. The Northern Division across the top of New York State from Ogdensburg to Norwood remains, operated by Vermont Railway.
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