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The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD. Inc. in CT and MA, August 6, 1872 Inc. in RI, May 17, 1893 Trackage, June 30, 1915: 1215.067 mi. First Main track 577.816 mi. Second and Other Main tracks 811.457 mi. Yard tracks and sidings Equipment Steam locomotives 1165 Electric locomotives 104 Freight cars 34,668 Passenger cars 2442 Floating equipment 74 Work equipment 1489 Miscellaneous 11 By Construction: No property constructed Abandonment applied for: 1.52 mi. Saybrook Junction to Saybrook Point, CT, approved, 7/18/1922 (FD 2336) 6.74 mi. South Deerfield to Shelbourne Jct., MA, approved 7/18/1923 (FD 2960) 11.78 mi. East Farms station, Waterbury to a point 100 ft. West of West Main Street Bridge No. 2.69, Meriden, CT, approved, 2/25/1924 (FD 3374) 2.20 mi. From a point 100 ft. East of Pontiac Sta to a point 4,340 ft. East of Clyde Sta., RI, approved 2/29/1924 (FD 3375) Leased to Boston and Maine Railroad: 0.176 mi. Main track at Northampton, MA Trackage agreement with Central New England Railway:(sole use on date on date of valuation) 34.984 mi. Danbury, CT to Hopewell, NY and Wicopee Jct. to Beacon, NY Hartford and New Haven Railroad (8/6/1872) New York and New Haven Railroad (8/6/1872) The Stamford and New Canaan Railroad (10/1/1890) The Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad (12/21/1892) New York, Providence and Boston Railroad (2/23/1893) The Contractors to Rebuild and Support Union Wharf and Pier in New Haven (10/18/1895) The Union Wharf Company in New Haven (10/18/1895) The Company for Erecting and Supporting a Toll Bridge from New Haven to East Haven (10/18/1895) Shore Line Railway (3/18/1897) Housatonic Railroad (3/29/1898) Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad (7/9/1898) The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad (3/26/1907) Providence and Springfield Railroad (10/30/1905) Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad (4/16/1907) New Haven and Derby Railroad (3/26/1907) The Middletown, Meriden and Waterbury Railroad (3/26/1907) The Rockville Railroad (3/26/1907) Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad (of R.I.)(4/16/1907) Colchester Railroad (3/16/1907) The Naugatuck Railroad (1/31/1908) The Providence Terminal Company (12/29/1906) Boston and New York Air Line Railroad (3/26/1907) Pawtuxet Valley Railroad (2/5/1907) The Manufacturers' Railroad (4/30/1907) The New England Railroad (4/1908) Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company (11/1/1909) New Haven and Northhampton Company (10/26/1910) Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad (of MA)(10/26/1910) Berkshire Railroad (10/28/1910) Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad (12/19/1910) Milford and Woonsocket Railroad (12/19/1910) The Consolidated Railroad (5/21/1907) The Torrington and Winchester Street Railway (6/28/1907) The Meriden, Southington and Compounce Tramway Company (6/28/1907) The Village Water Company of Suffield (2/18/1908) The Stafford Springs Street Railway (7/18/1908) The Farmington Street Railway (12/31/1909) Roxbury Central Wharf Company (??/??/????) South Bay Wharf and Terminal Company (??/??/????) HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Inc. in CT, May 29, 1833 Inc. in MA, 1839 36.50 mi. New Haven to Hartford, CT, 1839 Hartford and Springfield Railroad (5/10/1847) The Branch Company (4/2/1850) The Middletown Railroad (4/24/1850) Middletown Extension Railroad (9/18/1861) New Britain and Middletown Railroad (8/19/1868) Windsor Locks and Suffield Railroad (5/17/1871) HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD.. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in MA, April 5, 1839 26.00 mi. Hartford, CT to Springfield, MA, 1844 The Hartford and Springfield Railroad (10/6/1841) THE HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD. Hartford and Springfield RR Inc. in CT, June 4, 1835 No property constructed THE BRANCH COMPANY. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in CT, May 27, 1845 0.87 mi. Hartford, CT to Connecticut River, 1847 THE MIDDLETOWN RAILROAD. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in CT, June 7, 1844 9.00 mi. Berlin to Middletown, CT, 1850 MIDDLETOWN EXTENSION RAILROAD. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in CT, June 4, 1857 1.00 mi. Middletown, CT to Connecticut River, 1860 NEW BRITAIN AND MIDDLETOWN RAILROAD. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in CT, June 21, 1854 3.00 mi. Berlin to New Britain, CT, 1865 WINDSOR LOCKS AND SUFFIELD RAILROAD. Hartford and New Haven RR Inc. in CT, June 17, 1868 4.45 mi. Windsor Locks to Suffield, CT, 1870 NEW YORK AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, June 7, 1844 Inc. in NY, May 11, 1846 62.00 mi. New Haven, CT to Woodlawn Jct., NY, 1848 THE STAMFORD AND NEW CANAAN RAILROAD. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, April 25, 1882 No property constructed New Canaan Railroad (5/30/1866) NEW CANAAN RAILROAD.. The Stamford and New Canaan RR Inc. in CT, May 30, 1866 8.30 mi. Stamford to New Canaan, CT, 1868 THE HARTFORD AND CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD. NY, NH & H RR Inc. in CT, March 28, 1879 No property constructed Connecticut Valley Railroad (6/30/1880) CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD.. The Hartford and Connecticut Valley RR Inc. in CT, July 17, 1868 45.00 mi. Hartford to Fenwick, CT, 1872 NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON RAILROAD.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in RI, June 23, 1832 49.11 mi. Providence, RI to Stonington, CT, 1857 3.58 mi. Auburn to Providence, RI, 1848 1.60 mi. Oakland Beach to Buttonwoods, RI, 1848 The New York and Stonington Railroad (7/1/1833) The New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad (12/1/1864) New London and Stonington Railroad (12/1/1864) Rhode Island Central Railroad (6/18/1880) Warwick Railroad (6/16/1880) Pontiac Branch Railroad (2/18/1885) THE NEW YORK AND STONINGTON RAILROAD. New York, Providence & Boston RR Inc. in CT, May 14, 1832 No property constructed THE NEW HAVEN, NEW LONDON AND STONINGTON RAILROAD. NY, Providence & Bstn RR Inc. in CT, June 9, 1856 13.00 mi. Stonington to Groton, CT, 1858 Ferry, Groton to New London, CT, 1858 NEW LONDON AND STONINGTON RAILROAD.. New York, Providence & Boston RR Inc. in CT, June 29, 1852 No property constructed RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL RAILROAD. New York, Providence & Boston RR Inc. in RI, May 29, 1879 No property constructed WARWICK RAILROAD. New York, Providence & Boston RR Inc. in RI, May 29, 1873 8.50 mi. Auburn to Oakland Beach, RI, 1875 PONTIAC BRANCH RAILROAD. New York, Providence & Boston RR Inc. in RI, May 28, 1875 4.75 mi. Auburn to Pontiac, RI, 1880 THE CONTRACTORS TO REBUILD AND SUPPORT UNION WHARF AND PIER IN NEW HAVEN . New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, May 10, 1810 Wharf Rebuilt THE UNION WHARF COMPANY IN NEW HAVEN. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, May 11, 1760 Constructed Union Wharf in New Haven THE COMPANY FOR ERECTING AND SUPPORTING A TOLL BRIDGE FROM NEW HAVEN TO EAST HAVEN.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, October 13, 1796 Bridge and Land constructed (Bridge sold to City of New Haven in 1886) SHORE LINE RAILWAY.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, June 29, 1864 50.00 mi. New Haven to New London, CT, 1852 NEW HAVEN AND NEW LONDON RAILROAD.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, June 14, 1848 No property constructed HOUSATONIC RAILROAD. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, June, 1836 35.00 mi. Bridgeport to New Milford, CT, 1840 38.90 mi. New Milford to MA state line, 1842 9.79 mi. Botsford to Huntington, CT, 1888 New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad (10/9/1882) NEW YORK, HOUSATONIC AND NORTHERN RAILROAD.. Housatonic RR Inc. in CT and NY, July 1, 1864 5.36 mi. Brookfield to Danbury, CT, 1868 SHEPAUG, LITCHFIELD AND NORTHERN RAILROAD. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, May 10, 1887 No property constructed Shepaug Railroad (6/1/1887) SHEPAUG RAILROAD. Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern RR Inc. in CT, May 23, 1873 No property constructed Shepaug Valley Railroad (5/23/1873) SHEPAUG VALLEY RAILROAD.. Shepaug RR Inc. in CT, June 30, 1866 32.00 mi. Hawleyville to Litchfield, CT, 1872 THE DANBURY AND NORWALK RAILROAD.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Name change, May 29, 1850 23.80 mi. Danbury to South Norwalk, CT, 1852 2.65 mi. South Norwalk to Wilson's Point, CT, 1882 3.97 mi. Branchville to Ridgefield, CT, 1870 6.00 mi. Hawleyville to Bethel, CT, 1872 The Fairfield County Railroad (5/29/1850) THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY RAILROAD. The Danbury and Norwalk RR Inc. in CT, June 5, 1835 No property constructed PROVIDENCE AND SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Name change, April 23, 1872 23.00 mi. Providence to Pascoag, RI, 1873 7.00 mi. Pascoag to Douglas Jct., RI, 1893 Woonasquatucket Railroad (4/23/1872) WOONASQUATUCKET RAILROAD. Providence and Springfield RR Inc. in RI, January 30, 1857 No property constructed WOONSOCKET AND PASCOAG RAILROAD.. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in RI, June 15, 1887 9.50 mi. Woonsocket to Harrisville, RI, 1891 NEW HAVEN AND DERBY RAILROAD. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR Inc. in CT, July 9, 1864 13.00 mi. New Haven to Ansonia, CT, 1871 3.97 mi.
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