This chart from Robert Nimke’s book “The Rutland, 60 years of trying, volume 6” shows how busy the Rutland was in Malone in the 1950’s. I model 1957, specifically because it was a peak, the last peak, of traffic on the line.
Consignee | Commodity | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | Location |
Baker’s Gas Service | LPG | 33 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 17 | Morton Siding |
Boyea Brothers | Lumber | 16 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 13 | Team Track |
Chapin & Company | Feed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | Team Track |
Clarence Collins | Feed | 36 | 75 | 134 | 160 | 132 | 136 | Morton Siding |
DuFort Brothers | Wholesale Groceries | 81 | 71 | 65 | 82 | 29 | 31 | |
G.L.F. | Feed, Fertilizer | 302 | 267 | 233 | 282 | 244 | 357 | Morton Siding |
Hawes Lumber | Building Materials | 0 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | Team Track |
W.A. Langdon | Fertilizer | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Team Track |
McCarthy Packing | Meat | 46 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 65 | 44 | |
Malone Baking | Flour, Sugar | 14 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | Team Track |
Malone Concrete Products | Cement | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
Malone Feed & Farm Supply | Feed, Fertilizer | 53 | 85 | 101 | 163 | 85 | 86 | Morton Siding |
Malone Milling Co. | Building Materials | 13 | 6 | (out of business) | Team Track | |||
Niagara Mohawk Power | LPG | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 16 | |
Northern Hardware Co | Building Materials | 13 | 8 | 3 | (out of business) | |||
Northern N.Y. Grocery | Wholesale Groceries | 148 | 145 | 147 | 121 | 83 | 123 | |
Purdy Coal & Oil (ET Rider) | Anthracite Coal | 132 | 92 | 76 | 85 | 42 | 29 | |
Ralston Purina | Feed | 11 | 49 | 75 | 91 | 86 | 51 | Morton Siding |
Saltpoint Supply | Building Materials | 15 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 7 | |
Upstate Storage | Wholesale Groceries | 52 | 41 | 71 | 74 | 37 | 73 | |
Shippers | ||||||||
W.A. Langdon | Spinach | 35 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | Team Track |
Upstate Storage | Milk Products | 34 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | |
Morton Siding was located 2 miles east of the yard, near Malone Junction. | ||||||||
The Team Track was located in the yard. |