Addison Railroad Company stock certificate c1867 (Vermont) 

VT RR piece. Classic vignette of a period steam train locomotive. Unissued and not cancelled. Circa 1867 from corporate records. Dated 1___ on the cert.  Approximately 11 x 7 inches. 

The Addison Railroad was incorporated in 1867, and organized in 1869, under a special act of the Legislature of the State of Vermont. Its principal office is at Rutland, Vt. Beginning about September, 1870, the carrier supervised and financed the construction of the property, which was built by contract. It was completed and opened for operation from Leicester Junction, Vt., to the State line on December 7, 1870, and from the State line to Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y., in 1873. The Addison Railroad opened its books of account on January 1, 1906. Addison Railroad (Vermont), a predecessor of the Rutland Railroad.

The Addison Railroad was chartered in the 1850’s and that charter was resurrected by the Rutland and Burlington to build from Leicester Junction, Vermont to Ticonderoga, New York. The line was then leased by the Rutland & Burlington in 1870 for a period of 99 Years.

The Rutland Railroad has its roots in the Champlain and Connecticut River Railroad, created in 1843. This railroad became the Rutland & Burlington, and eventually grew into the Rutland Railroad. It was leased by the Vermont Central/Central Vermont and came under brief control of the Delaware & Hudson, before being bought by New York Central interests and expanded.

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