I chased (didn't require much speed) and photographed an SENH train that was routed via Beacon, NY and a connection to the old Maybrook line. When did the routing change?
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In 1982 the long trestle over the Housatonic River between Derby and Shelton, CT, was knocked off one of its piers by a flood, cutting Conrail's New Haven-Selkirk route via Danbury and Beacon. The bridge was not repaired until 1988 and in the meantime NHSE/SENH operated via Springfield as in my photo. Then in 1992 CR turned over much of the line to the Housatonic RR, and trains via Beacon ended for good.
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Thanks. Guess I got the SENH just before the turnover to the Housatonic, probably 1990-1991.
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