The Bennington Terminal Railroad

 A view from the station at Petersburg Junction. The station was torn down years ago but I couldn’t help doing a scene with it still there, abandoned and in dire need of repair. 

     I received this car with a lot of about 15 or so and just put it in a drawer thinking it was some goofy railcar from a train set all shiny and bright to capture a kid’s attention.   One day I got curious about it and looked into it. It was the rendition of a rather curious concept. It was a boxcar with roll up doors all down the sides allowing it to become a flat car in a sense. The prototypes were built in the 60’s so the car would fit perfectly in my 70’s/early 80’s era . While watching train videos of New England railroads from the 70’s lo and behold there went one of these cars in a train. That set the wheels in motion!    Just a simple wash and a little weathering it changed from a bright toylike model into a dingy railcar. Metal wheels and Kadee couplers mounted on fabricated mounts and it’s ready for revenue service. Don’t overlook items that have the potential to become unique models. 

 Here we have the Bennington Terminal Railroad switching the small yard at Petersburg Junction. In my version of events the bridge over the Walloomsac river has been closed for repairs following a derailment in it.   Since the bridge is closed all traffic between the Vermont Railway and Hoosick Junction now rolls over Bennington Terminal rails. 

 Highball Graphics supplied my decals for my Bennington Terminal Railroad locomotives, cabooses and trucks. There’s plenty more for my future woodchip car project as well. 

 Standing up on a knoll we catch a northbound Green Mountain and Berkshire train exercising trackage rights over the Bennington Terminal to ultimately hook up with the Delaware and Hudson. Pool power is common as this train tends to be a joint venture. This spot is popular with train watchers, it’s just south of Bee Hive crossing. 

 On the Rutland railroad there was a crossing known as Bee Hive. Just south of that crossing was a gas and oil distributor known as C. B. White Company. The siding was used until 1941. That area is the location of my Hoosick Falls Feed Mill. I decided to incorporate the abandoned business into the scene. I put my nose to the grindstone this weekend and got the scenery about 85% done. The abandoned fuel business needs more work but everything is mocked up for now.