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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 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 ...
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad: New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad: NH: 1864 1882 Housatonic Railroad: New York and New England Railroad: NH: 1873 1895 New England Railroad: New York and New Haven Railroad: NH: 1844 1872 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: NH NH 1872 1969
Autauga Northern Railroad: AUT Birmingham Terminal Railway: BHRR CG Railway: CGR Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad: CHAT ... Housatonic Railroad (HRRC) (CT, MA, NY) HRRC
The original bridge in the 1860s. The current bridge is the fourth railroad span in the same location, originally known as Naugatuck Junction. The original bridge was the first railroad bridge over the Housatonic river, built by the New York and New Haven Railroad, and was a single-track wooden covered Howe truss, 1,293 feet (394 m) in length and a draw of 134 feet (41 m), built in 1848.
New York and Hempstead Railroad: New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad: 1863 1881 Westchester Railway: New York and Jamaica Railroad: LI: 1859 1860 Long Island Rail Road: New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad: NYC: 1872 1875 Ulster and Delaware Railroad: New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway: DL&W: 1880 1945 Delaware, Lackawanna and ...
The New Haven ran the CNE as a separate company until finally merging it in 1927. The vast majority of the system was abandoned by the 1930s and 1940s. Surviving portions of the Central New England Railway are operated by the Central New England Railroad and the Housatonic Railroad.