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The Housatonic Railroad (/ ˌ h uː s ə ˈ t ɒ n ɪ k / HOOS-ə-TON-ik; reporting mark HRRC) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York.It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and has since expanded north and south, as well as west into New York State.
The Housatonic Railroad was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1892, which abandoned several portions from 1940 onwards. Control passed to Penn Central at the end of 1968, followed by Conrail in 1976; the latter abandoned much of the Housatonic Railroad main line and sold the northern portion to the Boston and Maine ...
The station building was built in the 1918, replacing the Merwinsville Hotel as the local depot, to serve passengers on the Housatonic Railroad. [2] Shortly after its closure, the station was purchased by former New York advertising executives, Jean & Cle Kinney. [ 3 ]
Housatonic Railroad, a railroad that operated independently 1836–1892, as a subsidiary 1892–1970s, and a separate company started in 1983 in western Connecticut SS Georgia (1890) , a German passenger liner seized by the United States during World War I, renamed Housatonic , and sunk by a German submarine
Formed in 1835 to build north from Hartford to the Massachusetts state line. Owned and operated by the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, merged into that company in 1847. [12] Housatonic Railroad: NH: 1836 1898 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Manchester Railroad: NH: 1833 1847 Hartford and Providence Railroad: Manufacturers' Railroad ...
The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad was a short independent railroad in western Connecticut that was chartered as the Shepaug Valley Railroad in 1868 and operated from 1872 to 1891 when it was taken over by the Housatonic Railroad. [3] In 1898, the Housatonic operation was assumed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH ...
Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company: Cheshire Railroad: B&M: 1846 1890 Fitchburg Railroad: Chester and Becket Railroad: NYC: 1896 1931 N/A Commercial Freight Railway: NH: 1866 1867 Marginal Freight Railway: Concord Railroad: B&M: 1856 1890 Concord and Montreal Railroad: Concord and Montreal Railroad: B&M: 1890 1895 Boston and Maine ...
Poughkeepsie Bridge and Railroad Company: Poughkeepsie Bridge Railroad: NH: 1888 1907 Central New England Railway: Poughkeepsie Bridge and Railroad Company: NH: 1892 1892 Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad: Poughkeepsie and Connecticut Railroad: NH: 1888 1889 Central New England and Western Railroad: Poughkeepsie and Eastern ...