Waterbury, Vermont’s historic railroad station was built by the Central Vermont Ry. in 1875. The station was the centerpiece of Waterbury Village for more than 75 years, serving as the gateway to nearby attractions. Its main entrance faced the village green. Through the 1950s, it was the destination for the Central Vermont’s Ski Train, which brought thousands of passengers to Vermont’s ski slopes and winter carnivals.
The main brick passenger depot measures 30′-6″ wide and 80′-0″ long with a 13′-0″ x 30′-6″ baggage room annex. Separate waiting rooms were provided for men and women, with a combination ticket and train-order office on the track side and rest
rooms beneath the tower.
Competition from the interstate highway system caused passenger traffic to decline, so the CV let the station deteriorate. Over time, it lost most of its original Italianate Victorian detailing and ornamentation.
During June 2013 I went to a family reunion in New England, stopped in one night coming back from Burlington and toured the station. As the article says, the inside has been completely revamped, the east room is now a small museum, rest of building is coffee-gift shop/visitor center. They were surprised to learn that this article was done on their building, and impressed. Beautiful building, friendly staff. Thanks for the article!
Plans like this are by far the most important criteria in my decision as to whether I will retain my MR subscription at the end of term. Since I model in S scale, all the HO (& N) focus material is of little use. But plans works for all scales. Please include more! Online as extras is fine.
since I model Waterbury VT this would be is a great addition for my Mad River Railroad.
Do you know of a similar plan for the Great Northern depot in Great Falls, Montana.
I also would like to see this as a regular feature! With the online availability of a PDF file, it makes it much easier to work on building a scale model! I often go through stacks of old MR to find plans of buildings and cars.
The earlier editions of MR had more to offer in content, due in large part to the proliferation of plans for equipment and buildings that were a feature back a few years ago. I have come close to dropping my subscription a couple of times and just relying on the library of old issues for ideas, but if more plans like these came out it would certainly be the decision maker in retaining the subscription – I'm now modeling in 1.6"=1' live steam and prototype plans would be a major bonus.
John Larkin
Nice layout . Will give it a try. Thanks !
One great building,like to see more.
Nice to see plans like this back on MR! A few years ago, I was given a stack of old copies, and was suprised to see that there were always such drawings offered. I hope this trend continues!
Lovely Building for a project. Thanks so much.
Beautiful building ..I may try to scratch this one….keep them coming…..love the mag and the site!!
Look good!!!!
Having a problem downloading the station plans. Error message reports to contact originator since there is an error on page 2.
I have tried several times to download the PDF. The download gets to just over 50% and then freezes.
Nice to see another CVR article in MR. Other CVR stations have been restored, including Swanton, Randolph and White River Junction. It would be nice to see a kit for Waterbury or Randolph…..