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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 a railroad in the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, chartered in 1836. Opened between Bridgeport, Connecticut , and New Milford, Connecticut , in 1840, it was completed to a connection with the Western Railroad in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts , in 1842.
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 ...
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
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad; Overview; Current operator: Metro-North Railroad (passenger) Housatonic Railroad (freight) Providence and Worcester Railroad (freight) Headquarters: Danbury [1] [2] Locale: Danbury, CT to Norwalk, CT: Dates of operation: 1852–1887: Successor: Housatonic Railroad: Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 ...
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 ]
Smith, Marvin Louis Vice President Operations Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Railroad 1962–1968; Smith, Marvin Louis President St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1961–1962; Smith, Richard Earl Trainmaster Texas-Pacific Missouri-Pacific Railroad 1961–1968; Smucker, David E., LIRR 1949–1950; Snow, John W. (b. 1939), B&O 1985–1986, CSXT ...
In February 2021, Metro-North filed to abandon a 41-mile (66 km) segment of the Beacon Line between Beacon and the New York-Connecticut border, pursuant to the Housatonic Railroad's trackage rights being resolved. This would allow for the extension of the Empire State Trail. [16] Housatonic indicated its opposition to the proposed abandonment. [17]