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CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND

 

CONNECTICUT SOUTHERN

http://www.railamerica.com/railmaps/CSO.htm

 

CSX TRANSPORTATION

http://www.csxt.com

 

PAN AM RAILWAYS

http://www.guilfordrail.com

 

HOUSATONIC

http://www.housatonicrailroad.com

 

PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER

http://www.pwrr.com

 

FREIGHT YARDS

 

BLOOMFIELD       -CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND    (CNZR)

 

CANAAN                 -HOUSATONIC                            (HRRC)

 

CEDAR HILL YARD & TRANSFLO

NORTH HAVEN    -CSX TRANSPORTATION          (CSXT)

 

EAST HARTFORD-CONNECTICUT SOUTHERN   (CSOR)

 

PLAINVILLE- PAN AM RAILWAYS (B&M)

 

FREIGHT TRAINS

 

CONNECTICUT SOUTHERN

 

CSO-1 (CSX B742)

 

Transfers CSX Freight from West Springfield, MA to Cedar Hill Yard in North Haven, CT

 

 

 

CSX TRANSPORTATION

 

CSX B746, B747, B748

Schedules from Bullsheet.com

http://www.bullsheet.com/schedules/schedule.cfm?series=Connecticut-Local

 

RAIL TRAINS ON THE NEW HAVEN LINE

ON LIMITED OCCASIONS, CSX OPERATES RAIL TRAINS

BETWEEN OAKPOINT YARD IN THE BRONX, AND CEDAR HILL YARD IN NORTH HAVEN.

 

PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER

 

FPCH/CHFP

 

Stone train to/from Fresh Pond Yard, NY (NYC) to Cedar

Hill Yard (New Haven)

 

Fresh Pond Yard-Freemont Secondary-Hell Gate Bridge-

Oakpoint Yard-Market Running Track-Pelham Bay Bridge-

Hell Gate Line-New Rochelle-New Haven Line-Cedar Hill

 

SCHEDULE VARIES. Usually 2 trains per week. May be just

one train in a given week. Train may be lite engines in either

direction.

RUNS APRIL-NOVEMBER. May start in late March and extend

into December, depending on the weather.

 

CT-1

 

Operates between CSX Cedar Hill Yard and Middletown, CT,

with a weekly connection to Hartford, CT.

 

CT-2

 

During Stone season, operates April-November to TILCON

in Danbury, CT. Operates two ways:

 

(1) CSX Cedar Hill Yard-MN New Haven Line-MN Waterbury Branch-HRRC Maybrook Line-HRRC Mainline.

 

(2) CSX Cedar Hill Yard-MN New Haven Line-MN Danbury Branch-HRRC Mainline.

 

During Non Stone Season, there is ONE customer, Rings End Lumber, on The Metro North Danbury Branch.

 

P&W also provides Freight Service to potential customers on The Waterbury Branch as far as Derby-Shelton.

 

 

 

P&W POWER USED ON LI STONE TRAINS

 

NO LONGER USED

 

2011

 

2204

2206

2207

2210

2211

2212

2213

2214

 

CABLESS UNITS EX BN:

B 30-7A

 

3004

3005

3006

3007

3008

 

B39-8's

 

3901

3902

3903

3904

3905-cab signal equipped

3906-cab signal equipped

3907

3908

3909

 

B40-8's

 

4003

 

PAN AM RAILWAYS

 

PL-1

 

Operates from East Deerfield Yard, MA, to Springfield, MA over their own Conn River Line, then over Amtrak's Springfield Line from Springfield, MA to Berlin, CT, returning to their own rails to Waterbury, CT. At Waterbury, Pan Am runs on Metro North's Waterbury Branch as far as Seymour, CT.

They serve potential freight customers as far as Derby-Shelton.

 

Bridges-New Haven Line

 

UTILIZED BY:

 

-AMTRAK

 

-METRO NORTH

 

-PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER

(FPCH/CHFP cross all 4 bridges)

(CT-2 crosses Saugatuck & Housatonic bridges)

 

-CSX TRANSPORTATION

(B750 crosses Mianus, rail trains

cross all 4 bridges)

 

MIANUS RIVER BRIDGE

COS COB, CT.

 

CSX B750 LOCAL CROSSES THIS.

Just east of Cos Cob train station.

 

NORWALK RIVER BRIDGE

NORWALK, CT.

 

Near Downtown, and the Maritime museum.

 

 

SAUGATUCK RIVER BRIDGE

WESTPORT, CT.

 

Just east of Westport station, pedestrians can walk across.

 

HOUSATONIC RIVER BRIDGE

STRATFORD,CT.

 

TRANSFLO

 

NORTH HAVEN-SERVED BY CSX TRANSPORTATION

http://www.transflo.net/transflo.cfm?fuseAction=network-detail&facility_i=2346&state_c=CT&ind=no

 

HAWLEYVILLE-SERVED BY HOUSATONIC

http://www.transflo.net/transflo.cfm?fuseAction=network-detail&facility_i=2430&state_c=CT&ind=yes

 

 

LAST UPDATED 8.28.08