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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
Connecticut Trolley Museum: 1940 Hartford and Springfield Street Railway Company: Danbury Railway Museum: DRMX 1994 Metro-North Railroad: Independent Naugatuck Railroad: NAUG 1996 Railroad Museum of New England: Shore Line Trolley Museum: 1945 Connecticut Company: Branford Electric Railway Association Valley Railroad: VALE 1971 Penn Central ...
In the year 1850, no less than half of the railroad mileage in the United States was within New England. [13] Entering the second half of the 19th century, many smaller companies merged or were absorbed by others. A map of New England railroads in 1871. A locomotive of the Fitchburg Railroad in the mid to late 1800s. This company was absorbed ...
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.
The part north of Waterbury is now leased from CTDOT by the Railroad Museum of New England, which operates excursion trains from Thomaston station through their operating subsidiary Naugatuck Railroad (reporting mark NAUG); this name was chosen in homage of the original railroad.
However, by 1995, the Union station had fallen into complete disrepair, and was replaced by today's station in 1996. [6] The present passenger station was built in 1996 by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) and replaced the older New Haven Railroad station, which now houses the Danbury Railway Museum. [7]
New Haven, CT: New Haven ‡ June 7, 2002 Built by CDOT; Also serves CT Rail's Shore Line East and Hartford Line and Amtrak's Hartford Line, Northeast Regional, and Valley Flyer trains. Stratford New Haven Line Waterbury Branch: Stratford: Fairfield, CT: New Haven: Suffern Port Jervis Line: Suffern: Rockland, NY: Erie: 1941
New London Union Station is a railroad station on the Northeast Corridor located in downtown New London, Connecticut, United States.Union Station is a station stop for most Amtrak Northeast Regional trains and all CT Rail Shore Line East commuter rail trains, making it the primary railroad station in southeastern Connecticut.