Remembering the Rutland Photo Gallery:
Wrecks and Other Inconveniences
Wreck of Milk Train Near Hicks Crossing
This wreck resulted when the Bennington-North Bennington Shuttle met the
southbound Milk Train at Hick's Crossing (North Bennington), Vermont on September 7, 1912.
The tender at the top-center is lettered "Rutland" and is numbered
2044, making it a Ten Wheeler, class of Manchester 1902. The remains of the tender
next to the curiosity-seekers is lettered "New York [Central Lines?]
across the side and what appears to be "Rutland" across the side of the coal
bunker.
ps do you suppose everyone in the area had plenty of free milk for a while after
this wreck?
--Collection of James R. Dufour--