Back To Waterbury. With MTA Metro-North Railroad returning rail service on the Waterbury Branch today, October 28, 2024, following the repair of extensive storm related damage, let’s take a look back to a previous generation of service on the line. On Saturday, April 22, 1989, RDC-1 60 (Ex-Penn Central 60, née-New York Central M-460, Budd, 3/1952) was the consist for the day, seen at the very end of MNR trackage at the Freight Street overpass in Waterbury, Connecticut. The New York Central name can still be read on the side of the car, and the "M" logo wis the only modern identifiable feature. At this time, Guilford/Boston & Maine was operating freight service here (today's Genesee & Wyoming Berkshire & Eastern Railroad), and today’s high level platform was but a twinkle in the eye of the six-year old Metro-North Commuter Railroad. The "Beeliner" RDCs ultimately gave way to the push-pull trains of today, but the service of the veteran Budds attracted a lot of attention for the fledgling railroad in the meantime.
