Maybrook Line

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Maybrook Line
Map
Map of the Dutchess County Railroad and subsequent realignments
Overview
StatusMetro-North (west of Hudson River): out-of-Service; Housatonic (east of Hudson River): active freight
Owner
Freight, other non-revenue
SystemMetro-North, Housatonic Railroad
Daily ridership0
History
Opened1889[1]
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Legend
Port Jervis Line
 Campbell Hall
Maybrook
Poughkeepsie Bridge
across the Hudson River
 Poughkeepsie
Manchester Bridge
Didell
Fishkill Plains
 Hopewell Junction
Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut RR
to Beacon & State Line
Stormville
 Green Haven
Poughquag
West Pawling
 Whaley Lake
Holmes
(West Patterson)
Towners
Harlem Line
 Dykeman's
Brewster
New York
Connecticut
state line
 Mill Plain
Pittsfield
Hawleyville
 Newtown
Botsford
Monroe
Shelton
Derby
Waterbury
former New Haven & Derby RR
Orange 
Tyler City
West Haven
New London
 Long Wharf ferry/water interchange
Long Island
Sound steamer
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The Maybrook Line was a line of the

Penn Central in 1969.[2][3]

History

Penn Central Railroad
in 1969.

Upon taking ownership, the Penn Central began discouraging connecting traffic on the line that paralleled Penn Central routes for the rest of its journey to prevent it from being short-hauled. After 1971 only one train in each direction (for the

Erie Lackawanna) traversed the full line.[1]

While the Penn Central did not connect with the old New Haven on the west side of the line, it came close. For a short time in 1969 and 1970, Penn Central ran a daily train between

Lehigh and Hudson River was not part of the Penn Central was because Penn Central predecessor, the Pennsylvania Railroad, had prevented the New Haven from acquiring it in 1905.[1]

Through service over the line ended abruptly on May 8,1974 when the

Poughkeepsie Bridge burned and was not repaired.[1]

The portion of the line west of Hopewell Junction, New York, has been abandoned and now forms part of the Dutchess Rail Trail. The remainder of the line is owned in New York by Metro-North. In late 2020, the line east of Hopewell Junction was in disrepair and missing some track. The right of way now has a rail trail on it; it is named the Maybrook Trail and is part of the Empire State Trail joining with the Dutchess Rail Trail. In Connecticut the remainder of the line is owned by the Housatonic Railroad.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Swanberg, J.W. (January 2005), "Railroad Blueprint: Maybrook, New York", Trains Magazine: 50–59
  2. ISBN 0-7603-1441-1
    . Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Lombardi, Kate Stone (February 5, 1995). "The Maybrook Line And Its Rise and Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Lombardi, Kate Stone (February 5, 1995). "Metro-North Works On East-West Axis". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2011.

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