It's been a long time since I did the research, but most of the light rail, (trolleys in other words), between New York and Boston, was actually bought up by the NY NH & H RR, the RR management seeing a great synergy, (as well as a competitor to be squelched), between the existing electric light rail and the electrified portions of the NH line. Unfortunately the two systems weren't particularly compatible, voltages were very different, and the RR used AC current and the Trolleys were using DC IIRC. The New Haven ended up abandoning a lot of the inter urban lines over the next few decades, and going into bankruptcy itself partly because of this "investment". A lot of the lines that were actually viable were eventually replaced with buses, mostly because in semi rural areas it was easier to reroute a buss line where it was needed than get a new right of way and lay new track. That's just general. I don't have specific knowledge of the particular lines, but they were probably part of that mass consolidation that began around the turn of the last century.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It's a scene so Connecticut it's hard to look at without reminiscing > about where I grew up. Technically, it seems a touch on the flat > side, could be spruced up a bit without sacrificing the delicate > tonalities. > > A bit OT, but do you have any information on the electric railway > that serviced Westchester County, NY, in the two decades or so > preceding WWII? It's remains were littered all over the lower county > areas (New Rochelle, Pelham, etc) where I grew up and were a source > of fascination for me for many years. Most of the remains are gone > now, consumed in new building and development throughout the area. > > G > > On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:29 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> I did my College, (University to you non US citizens), senior >> thesis on >> Local Rail, I know quite a bit about the economics and history of >> Railroads in general. It's real hard to be a "fan" of the NYNY&H with >> that kind of knowledge. >> >> >>> Nice shot, P.J. Judging by your comments, you would seem to be a >>> railfan. Are you a NYNH&H fan? >>> >>> >>>> I had to be in the center of Milford a much bigger shore town, >>>> but as >>>> self consciously quaint as Stony Creek is still mostly un-self >>>> consciously quaint. On the other hand Milford has been a relatively >>>> easy >>>> commute from New York since the New York, New Haven and Hartford >>>> Railroad has been in existence. >>>> >>>> <http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--% >>>> 20mlfordpondandchurch.html> >>>> >>>> Equipment Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 AL >>>> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
