Service was provided by a pair of 800 horsepower (600 kW), diesel engine Budd Rail Diesel Cars, previously used by BC Rail in British Columbia, Canada.
Stuart Draper, the railroad's founder, died of a heart attack on January 31, 2006.
In October 2006, the railroad's two RDCs were sold to the Newport Dinner Train in Rhode Island.
[1] In March 2018 it was announced that the owner of the Milford-Bennington Railroad (the current freight operator of the rail line), in cooperation with the towns of Wilton and Greenfield, was looking at bringing back the scenic railroad.
Pan Am Railways, a regional class II freight carrier, has also expressed interest in bringing back the Wilton Scenic in its first ever attempt at a heritage operation.