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Montpelier was served by two railroads, the Central Vermont coming through Montpelier Junction to the west and the Montpelier and Wells River (MWRR) coming from the Barre to the east. The shops of the MWRR lined the banks of the Winooski River where…

Poster for a flag raising by the supporters of Democratic candidates for President and Vice President, Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English. The event took place in Montpelier on Saturday, July 3, 1880. Among the confirmed speakers, the…

A boy looks out of the cabin of this Montpelier and Wells River locomotive on the turntable in the railroad yard, c.1934. The turntable still exists on Stone Cutter Way.

Railroad Yards of the Montpelier & Wells River and Central Vermont Railroads, as seen from the top of the E. W. Bailey Grain elevator, 1929. The number of tracks here has been reduced to one and the area is now known as Stone Cutters Way.

Montpelier & Wells River engine house, shop facilities, and turntable at Montpelier, between 1873-1907.

Commuter train pulled by locomotive Arthur Tandy, c. 1890-1913.

Business men with derby hats and workers with lunch pails, at Montpelier & Wells River Railroad depot, c. 1891.

An image of the W. A. Stowell Engine, in Montpelier on the tracks for the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad. The engine was named for William A. Stowell, a superintendent for the White Mountains Division of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, the St.…

Two Montpelier & Wells River Railroad images: one of a group of men standing next to the depot in Barre with a train waiting by the platform, and the other of the train's crew standing by the engine just beyond the Barre station.