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In 1985, the Railroad Museum of New England acquired the #618 and was renumbered to #0401. The #0401 was the first ALCO cab-type diesel locomotive to be preserved in the United States. #0401 was moved to the Railroad Museum of New England's property on the Valley Railroad in 1986 and was later moved to the RMNE's new property in 2008. [7] 529 RS-3
The Naugatuck Railroad is a common carrier railroad owned by the Railroad Museum of New England and operated on tracks leased from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The original Naugatuck Railroad was a railroad chartered to operate through south central Connecticut in 1845, with the first section opening for service in 1849.
His efforts resulted in Portland being selected as the seaport for the Canadian transcontinental Grand Trunk Railway in 1845. [7] 1849 Railroad Map of New England & Eastern New York. The first railroad in Connecticut was the New York and Stonington Railroad, which was chartered in May 1832 and began construction in 1833. [9]
Central New England Railway: CNE NH: 1899 1927 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Central New England and Western Railroad: NH: 1889 1892 Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad: Central Vermont Railroad: CN: 1873 1899 Central Vermont Railway: Central Vermont Railway: CV CN: 1899 1995 New England Central Railroad: Colchester ...
The Connecticut Valley Railroad Association, the Empire State Railway Museum, and private investors created today's for-profit Valley Railroad, obtaining a charter from the Connecticut State Legislature. The State of Connecticut took ownership of the line from the Penn Central, and designated the Valley line as a linear State Park.
This route would connect Danbury by a 70-mile route with the Western Railroad at West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Then in 1836 the Housatonic Railroad was chartered in Bridgeport. Danbury was offered a subscription to the new railroad for $100,000, but Danbury declined.
Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line CT Rail: Shore Line East (limited service) Greater Bridgeport Transit: 1, 10, 16, 23, Coastal Link [15] 51 Derby: Derby–Shelton: 69.5 (111.8) 1849 Greater Bridgeport Transit: 15, 23 CTtransit New Haven: 255 Ansonia: Ansonia: 71.1 (114.4) 1849 CTtransit New Haven: 255 Seymour: Seymour: 75.0 (120.7) 1849
Air Line State Park Trail is a rail trail and linear state park located in Connecticut.The trail is divided into sections designated South (a 25-mile trail from East Hampton to Windham), North (a 21-mile trail from Windham to Putnam) a piece of the East Coast Greenway, and the Thompson addition (a 6.6-mile trail from Thompson to the Massachusetts state line). [1]