Clarendon and Pittsford

Company History: Clarendon & Pittsford runs from a junction with the Vermont Railway in Rutland, Vermont 24 miles west to a connection with Norfolk Southern’s (previously Canadian Pacific) former Delaware & Hudson mainline in Whitehall, New York. They also operate a separate one mile line off of the Vermont Railway at Florence Junction, Vermont. The Florence line is actually part of the original Clarendon & Pittsford chartered in 1885. The line from Rutland to Whitehall was acquired from Delaware & Hudson in 1983. CLP has rostered between 3 and 6 diesels at a time since 1983, all EMD 4-axel units. CLP was independent until 1972 when it was purchased by Vermont Railway but continued to operate under it’s own name. Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express travels the Rutland to Whitehall segment of the CLP as part of its route. In recent years the Vermont Railway Group, which includes the Vermont Railway, Washington County, the CLP and the Green Mountain Railroad has been blurring the lines between the properties with locomotives from all four freely roaming the greater system.

Successor/Parent History: The Vermont Railway (reporting mark VTR) is a shortline railroad in Vermont and eastern New York, operating much of the former Rutland Railway. It is the main part of the Vermont Rail System, which also owns the Green Mountain Railroad, the Rutland's branch to Bellows Falls. The trackage is owned by the Vermont Agency of Transportation except in New York, where VTR operates a line owned by the Boston and Maine Corporation.

The Rutland Railway was the only north-south line through western Vermont. A strike shut it down on September 25, 1961. The Government of Vermont purchased the main line south of Burlington, as well as a branch to Bennington, 128.6 miles (207.0 km) total, and the new Vermont Railway, incorporated on Oct. 25, 1963, began operations on January 6, 1964. The company's first president was Jay Wulfson, who came from the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad.

In 1997, the Vermont Railway purchased the Green Mountain Railroad, which ran 52.2 miles (84.0 km) from Rutland to Bellows Falls. This led to the formation of an umbrella company, named the Vermont Rail System, which owned both railroads, as well as several other shortlines in Vermont and New York.