The Vermont Central leased the Rutland on December 30, 1870, partly to acquire Rutland's leases of the Vermont Valley Railroad (Bellows Falls-Brattleboro, Vermont) and the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad (Brattleboro-Millers Falls, Massachusetts), which gave Vermont Central a connection to the New London Northern Railroad and a water route from New London, Connecticut, to New York.
Rutland | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Pennsylvania Railroad | Union Pacific Railroad | Underground Railroad | New York Central Railroad | Alaska Railroad | Erie Railroad | Central Pacific Railroad | Illinois Central Railroad | First Transcontinental Railroad | Lehigh Valley Railroad | Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad | Grand Funk Railroad | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | Wabash Railroad | Railroad switch | Missouri Pacific Railroad | Boston and Albany Railroad | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | Metro-North Railroad | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | Albany and Susquehanna Railroad | Oregon Pacific Railroad | Great Railroad Strike of 1877 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | Central Railroad of New Jersey | Boston and Lowell Railroad | West Shore Railroad |
On January 1, 1871, the Vermont Central leased the Rutland Railroad system, giving it routes from Burlington to Bellows Falls and Chatham, New York.