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The coming of the New Haven-Waterbury trolleys spelled their doom and these trains were discontinued in the fall of Dispatcher telephones were first tested out on this line in In the early days, the Canal Railroad ran in the street from Todd Street, Mount Carmel, to a point near the Masonic Home in Centerville, but the horses did not seem to care for the choo-choos so the track was moved to its present location.
For a number of years, Mr. Curtis was Superintendent of the Northampton Division. The New York and New Haven Railroad was a very expensive road to build, because of the many wide rivers it had to span; however, on December 29, , it was opened from New Haven to the Williams Bridge, N. It is hard to realize that this railroad was once a single track road, but it didn't last long as it was soon evident that a single track would not handle the business and in the double tracking was started and completed in In the 90's, the four tracking was started and completed in the early 's.
In the early 's the big freight yard at Oak Point was built, the gravel for the fill was hauled from Naugatuck Junction, now Devon, in Pratt sideboard cars, 24 cars were a train for a K-1 engine. It was a beautiful sight leaving New Rochelle Jct. It made you think of the boomer brakeman who had been out of service for some time, cause unknown ; at last he was back on the railroad again and on his first trip he said, "Shining Rails, I'm Yours Again. It is doubtful that when the Harlem and Port Chester Railroad was built, anyone had any idea that some day it would be such an important link in the all-rail line between New England and all points in the South and West.
This was made possible by that wonderful engineering feat, the building of the Hell Gate Bridge, which marks one of the boldest, most gigantic projects in the history of American railroad development. The engineering world had been watching and marveling at this wonderful construction for the four years that the massive work was in progress. This bridge was opened on April 1, and today there are trains running over this bridge from Montreal, Boston and other points to Washington, Pittsburgh and the South.
In the early days, the railroads were built inland, as the people living along the shore thought that the boats were all they needed for transportation, but it seems that the boats were losing some of their customers to the New York and New Haven Railroad as an advertisement appears in the Columbian Register of New Haven, dated October 6, reading as follows:.
Pay your fares no further than Bridgeport by Railroad. Take the steamboat Cricket, William H. Peck, Commander, at Bridgeport which leaves for New York every afternoon at 2 o'clock, Sundays excepted. By taking this route you save fifty cents and breathe fresh air which is much pleasanter than the dusty cars. Well there are no more dusty cars now between Bridgeport and New York, as the road was electrified to Stamford around and extended to New Haven in Also the roadbed is stone ballasted, as are most all of the main lines. An old copy of the Bridgeport Standard gives information on the first train that ran from Bridgeport to New Milford February 11, It states that the black ponies going tandem meaning doubleheader to us left Bridgeport at 9 o'olock in the morning taking with them some forty rods of cars.
The train was decotated with flags, etc. The first timetable stated that on and after Wednesday, February 19, , the cars would leave New Milford every morning, Sunday excepted, at 6 o'clock a. December 1, , the Housatonic Railroad was completed to the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line. The Berkshire Railroad was opened up at this time between that point and West Stockbridge. Both of these roads became part of the Housatonic Railroad. The Housatonic operated this road under perpetual lease.
Barnum, as Trustee for the Housatonic, May 6, This portion of the road is part of the route over which New York-Pittsfield express trains have been running for well over half a century. This has been a busy piece of railroad. July , this road was extended South Norwalk to Wilson Point. This building was later moved 50 feet to its present location. November 28, the Housatonic Railroad opened a branch from Botsford to connect with New Haven and Derby extension, 9.
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Old timers used to refer to this portion of the road as the extension and at that time freight trains were run from New Haven to Wilson Point via Botsford, Hawleyville and Bethel. Housatonic is an Indian name and many people and old records call it Ousatonic, claiming that when the English came they put an "H" at the beginning of the word. No doubt they are right as there are few Indian names that begin with an H.
Around , the Berkshire was double-tracked from Berkshire Jct. Mellen, who was President of the road, had plans to make many improvements north of New Milford; he also had a line surveyed from State Line, Mass. In an interesting newspaper account of Mr. Fred Tanners' conductor railroad career of 56 years, it states that a passenger train left State Line at 9: A stop was made at Merwensville for dinner, the conductor was required to sit at the head of the table whether or not he ate. When he arose, it was a signal for passengers to get back on the train. The old hotel still stands beside the tracks of the railroad.
There was still standing, in West Stockbridge, as late as , a building which served as the first roundhouse in Massachusetts. The Berkshire is noted for its beautiful scenery, running in sight of the clean Housatonic River much of the way. Then there are many interesting things to see, among them Lover's Leap near where Still River empties into the Housatonic River about three miles south of New Milford.
Still River is one of the few rivers that runs north. These falls are unusual in that they don't fall directly, but plunge down a perfect rock stairway. Then come the Cornwalls. Cornwall Bridge Station is one of the most picturesque country stations that can be found anywhere. It is located close to the river and at this point the valley is narrow and with the wide river and the mountains on both sides, making a beautiful picture. On Canaan station, there is a locomotive weather vane which has been there since the 70's.
One day in the 's, two men were sent up from Danbury to take it down. Just as they had it down on the platform, Mr. Ed Finonery, the agent, happened to come along and saw it.
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He took off his hat, spit, put his hat on, spit again, and wanted to know who told the men to take it down. They told him they had orders to bring it to Danbury where it was to be cleaned up and placed in the Superintendent's office. Ed told them that the weather vane didn't belong to the railroad, it belonged to the town of Canaan and it would have to be put back.
The men, however, took it to Danbury as ordered, but in three days they brought it back and put it in its former place and it is still there.
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After leaving Canaan, we pass through the fine towns of Sheffield and Great Barrington; many of the railroad men on the Housatonic Railroad came from these towns, but West Stockbridge holds the record as the birthplace of railroad men. New Milford also furnished quite a few, and several of the men born in those towns, after giving many years of good service, were made members of the Royal Family. After passing Housatonic, we soon come to the famous curve south of Glendale, then into Stockbridge; from here a fine view of the old man of the mountain may be had.
Then past the marble quarries at Lee and on to Lenox, which was known as the summer home of millionaires. Soon after leaving Lenox, we arrive in the busy and attractive city of Pittsfield, the end of the line, being thoroughly rested after our ride through this beautiful country in streamlined, air-conditioned cars. This train ran from Pittsfield to Bridgeport, picking up and loading milk as far as Newtown, arriving in Bridgeport with from 25 to 30 carloads every day. From there, the train ran to New York.
The creameries up the Berkshire are now closed and the Big Milk is just a memory. The Berkshire is about the only piece of railroad on the system that has passenger train competition. The Harlem Railroad, Chatham to New York, has many stations on its line only a few miles west of the stations on the Berkshire. At one time the Berkshire had a large percentage of the New York travel, but with automobiles coming into common use, many people from towns on the Berkshire drove over to nearby stations on the Harlem Railroad.
This went on for some time and a good part of the New York travel went over to the Harlem. In , the New Haven decided to promote business to and from Berkshire County and a concerted effort was made to recapture the traffic which had left the Berkshire and had gone to the Harlem Division of the New York Central from Hillsdale, N. With the cooperation of the business interests, hotels and recreational centers, the Passenger Department's promotional program resulted in increasing the New York-Berkshire County traffic and recapturing the traffic which was moving on the Harlem Division.
We can't leave the Berkshires without saying a few words in memory of the famous pies and other good things we had to eat in the lunch room in Canaan station. They were remembered by people from all parts of, the country. It is said that once an, European Ambassador stopped there and ate some of the famous pies and when he returned to Europe, he wrote a poem about them.
It gives us a feeling of sadness to learn that the famous lunch room is no more. The large frog that has been sitting in a pond near Lenox since long before the railroad was built, is still on the job, as the story is told about an engineer who was running engine number Quite often his train was late and it is said that when his train went by, the frog would croak "No. For many years, the Housatonic R. When this road was being built, Waterbury people were not interested in its going north of that point. Since the opening of the Farmington Canal, Waterbury freight had been hauled to Cheshire and shipped on the canals.
However, after much talk pro and con, the line to Cheshire was never built and the Naugatuck was completed to Winsted.
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The Naugatuck did a fine business for many years. In the early 's it was combined with the Berkshire Division. About , the double tracking of the Naugatuck Division was commenced at the end of double track at Wheelers Farms and was completed to Waterbury in It was a big job, in places the course of the Naugatuck River was changed. An entire new railroad was built from Derby Jct. About , automatic train control was installed between Derby and Ansonia and engine was equipped to test out the new system.
This eliminated the pushers from Sandy Hook to Towontic. On March 29, , the last train left the Bank St. The present Waterbury station was opened to the public on June 11, The tower is modeled after a building in Sienna, Italy, which was built in and is said to be still standing. If the Waterbury station stands that long it will be a great testimony to railroad men and to the thousands who have used it.
It was a big day for Waterbury when the new station was opened. Another big day was on October 30, On that date the entire equipment of the Western Division offices was moved from New Haven to their new quarters in the Waterbury station. A Waterbury newspaper stated that it was a momentous task to perform in a few hours. The train hauling this equipment consisted of 3 baggage cars, and 2 coaches for the Brass Hats and their personnel.
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It arrived at 1: It was some job to tote 3 carloads of equipment up the odd stairs to the offices, but by 6: Blakeslee, and the fireman Charles Downs. Engine hauled the train. After what is known as the high grade yard, and fill was completed, there were, besides the yard tracks, four main line tracks between Bank St. Junction and Highland Junction towers. Tracks 2 and 4 were used for passenger trains and 1 and 3 for freight trains, Soon after World War I, this four track operation was changed to double track operation and tracks 2 and 4 changed to 1 and 2.
In the middle 's, track 5 was operated as the Winsted main line between Bank St. No one had any idea then, that on January 15, , at Old Saybrook Trolleys served the central portion of the town, bypassing the summer resort communities along the seashore. The trolley line was alongside the Derby Turnpike, a toll road built in A branch line went from Central Village to the single street community of Moosup.
Trolleys ran through the mill towns along the Quinnebaug River until Portland, which supplied much of the "brownstone" for New York City's row houses, was served by Conn. This company operated out of a barn in Hallville. It was served by trolleys until Ridgefield Mines in the town of Ridgefield produced quartz, feldspar, mica and other minerals.
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The town had no streetcars but, until , the New Haven RR electric trains to Danbury passed through Branchville, a neighborhood extending into Wilton and Redding. Branchville was named for the railroad branch line running west from that point to Ridgefield village. Seymour The settlement at the falls of the Naugatuck River was originally the Chusetown section of Derby. In , the name was changed to Humphreysville.
Water powered factories near the falls manufactured cotton cloth, paper, furniture, pens, copper goods and tools. Seymour was incorporated as a town in and cars on the New Haven-Derby-Waterbury line and local cars from Derby and Ansonia provided service. Local car lines were built by the Shelton Street Railway. The town was served by cars on the Bridgeport- Derby line until South Windsor America's first cigar was manufactured in South Windsor in Trolleys ran alongside the road which is now U. Cars from many points in southern and central Conn.
Horsecar service started in and trolleys began running in All trolley service ended in It was served by cars from Watebury Other locally manufactured products were needles, ball bearings and roller skates. The isolated Winsted- Torrington trolley line served the town until Cars also ran to the amusement park at Highland Lake.
Trumbull Historical Society collection. The silverware manufacturing center of Wallingford was served by cars from New Haven until Both lines went to the RR station, but there was no connection as the trolley tracks did not cross the railroad tracks. Larry Gaillard photo c. It's principal product was millstones. In , this line became part of the Shore Line Electric Ry. Collection of Charles Munger. It was served by cars from Waterbury until The New Haven-Derby line also ran across the northern part of town.