Phil Jordan presents a fond look back at the Rutland Railroad’s Chatham SubDivision, the so-called Corkscrew Railroad, whose wandering rails and tight, twisting curves in its traverse of the valley between Bennington, Vermont and Chatham, New York earned it its enduring nickname. Built in the 1860s by a speculating railroad tycoon in order to out-maneuver competition, it was the proverbial back way to New York City commerce.
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