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New York Central Railroad tracks reached into the Adirondack Mountains of upper New York State. One line even went across the Canadian border to Ottawa. Here's a timeline of railroads in the Adirondacks.

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EMD Model 40; a rare early diesel locomotive Preview — Go
Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of GM is famous as a major US locomotive builder since the 1940's. Except for 2 demonstrators DH1 & DH2, the only real commercial small locomotive venture was the Model 40, introduced in 1940. Also we cover many other interesting "critters". We have a section on ALCO - The American Locomotive Company.

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There are many train stations in Connecticut. Some have been rebuilt. Some are no longer used and have been converted to other uses. Some have restaurants in them or close by.

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What companies made it to Conrail and what didn't? Not just the big companies like Penn Central, but little ones like Niagara Junction, Buffalo Creek. We even cover those that did not make it to Conrail, like the New York and Harlem.

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The Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central connected with the West Shore at Kingston, NY. It was once the Ulster & Delaware. Abandoned when Conrail was formed, sections of it are now tourist rail.

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Maybrook was where the New Haven had connections to other railroads: Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, New York Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, Erie, Ontario & Western, Lehigh Valley

Connecticut Trolley Museum Preview — Go
Connecticut Electric Railway Association / Connecticut Trolley Museum. Located in East Windsor Connecticut. An Unofficial Site about this great tourist attraction.

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The Penn Central was born amid great expectations and promises on February 1,1968 by the merger of the New York Central System into the Pennsylvania Railroad on that date. With incompatible computer systems ,signal systems, operating styles, and personalities at the top, the new railroad remained essentially two in operation though it was one in name.

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The railroad that operated to Cape Cod was part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. It went all the way to Provincetown. Except for short lines and tourist railroads, there isn't much left except a rich heritage.

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John W. Barriger: Rail Historian and Railfan Preview — Go
Short biography of an amazing man who ran several railroads, was both a rail historian and a railfan, and proposed many new ideas for railroads.