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Rudberg Research Collection of the Central New England Railway. Dates: 2002-2011.
Dates: 2002-2010. Quantity: .75 linear feet. Abstract: The collection consists of tour guidebooks compiled by Bernard L. Rudberg of photocopies of photographs, maps, correspondence, and documents related to the history of the Central New England Railway, which ran from Maybrook, New York, to Hartford, Connecticut, in the period between 1898 and 1927, at which point it was taken over by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Mr. Rudberg creates the books for the participants of an annual guided bus tour he coordinates, in April or May of each year beginning in 2002, that follows portions of the old railway line, and provides information about the towns on the route, train wrecks that occurred, old carbarns, turntables and roundhouses, and such features as the Poughkeepsie River Bridge. |
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The morning section of the tour will be Tariffville through Griffins and Bloomfield to Hartford then back to the Cracker Barrel for lunch. After lunch we will tackle the Springfield Branch through E Granby, W Suffield and Feeding Hills to Agawam. |
| Central New England Railway (CNE) Bus Tour 2010 (January 2010 Update) |
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Hello All - April is getting closer
We are taking reservations for the 2010 segment of the annual bus tour along various portions of the former Central New England Railway. The 2010 tour will be on Sunday April 11 (rain or shine). In the past few years we have covered almost all of the old CNE except for the Springfield branch. For 2010 we plan to go back to the east end and start over. The tentative plan is to start from Tariffville and tour the area through Griffins and Bloomfield to Hartford. We are trying to arrange a real operating, current day CNE Train for a run-by on the original CNE tracks between Hartford and Griffins. Details when we get it nailed down. Lunch will be back in Tariffville. In the afternoon we will cover the Springfield branch as far north as Agawam. This will include the infamous Montague Farm blockage and bypass which contributed to the financial downfall of the CNE. We have done a couple scouting trips already with some of the people who know the territory. We will keep you informed as details are worked out. We have reserved air conditioned buses with on board restrooms and they also have a PA system for narrating the trip. As usual, everybody will get a copy of the 2010 CNE Tour guide book. Meanwhile mark your calendar for Sunday April 11, 2010. The cost of this year's tour will again be $50.00 per person and payment should be made out to: Joseph Mato CNE 2010 Be sure to include your E-Mail address so we can contact you if we need to. If you don't have E-Mail then include your phone number and address. Send it to: JOE MATO-CNE 2010 62 WOOD ROAD REDDING, CT. 06896 We don't issue tickets. Your name on our list will get you onto the bus on tour day. Any money that is left after the expenses will be used as "seed money" for next years trip. As we did in past years, we will have two buses. In past years we sold all seats and had a waiting list so don't wait too long to send in your reservation. Please note that any request for refunds must be received thirty (30) or more days in advance of the tour date. If you can find a replacement to take your bus seat, that's OK just let us know who it is. We have to know who to let onto the bus when the tour starts. If you can't find a replacement then we may have somebody on the waiting list to suggest but we can't refund money that has already been spent on tour expenses. If you have questions, send me a note at: Brudberg@optonline.net |
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This is an early heads up for those planning to join us for the 2010
segment of the annual bus tour along various portions of the former
Central New England Railway. The 2010 tour will be on Sunday
April 11 (rain or shine).
In the past few years we have covered almost all of the old CNE except for the Springfield branch. For 2010 we plan to go back to the east end and start over. The tentative plan is to tour the area between Hartford and Collinsville and include most of the Springfield branch. We have done a couple scouting trips already with some of the people who know the territory. We will keep you informed as details are worked out. We have reserved air conditioned buses with on board restrooms and they also have a PA system for narrating the trip. As usual, everybody will get a copy of the 2010 CNE Tour guide book. Meanwhile mark your calendar for Sunday April 11, 2010. We should be ready to start taking reservations around September. The cost of this year's tour will again be $50.00 per person and payment should be made out to: Joseph Mato CNE 2010 Be sure to include your E-Mail address so we can contact you if we need to. If you don't have E-Mail then include your phone number and address. Send it to: JOE MATO-CNE 2010 62 WOOD ROAD REDDING, CT. 06896 We don't issue tickets. Your name on our list will get you onto the bus on tour day. Any money that is left after the expenses will be used as "seed money" for next years trip. As we did in past years, we will have two buses. In past years we sold all seats and had a waiting list so don't wait too long to send in your reservation. Please note that any request for refunds must be received thirty (30) or more days in advance of the tour date. If you can find a replacement to take your bus seat, that's OK just let us know who it is. We have to know who to let onto the bus when the tour starts. If you can't find a replacement then we may have somebody on the waiting list to suggest but we can't refund money that has already been spent on tour expenses. |
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On November 16 we had a very productive CNE scouting run starting from the Cracker Barrel Pub in Tariffville CT. The local "experts" who contributed were: Karl Stieg Bill Curtiss George Ford Ed Hoostowski Lee Beaujon Joe and Rose Mato Pete McLachlan We scouted and timed the route from Tariffville through Griffins, Cottage Grove and Bloomfield to Hartford. After lunch back in Tariffville, we did the same for the Springfield Branch through the infamous Montague farm cut off, East Granby, West Suffield, Feeding Hills and Agawam to the remaining bridge piers over the Westfield River in Robinson Park. We also made arrangements for lunch at the Cracker Barrel. In addition we swapped a number of photos for the guide book and located sources for more photos and stories. All in all it was a very productive planning day and the weather turned out great. Bernie Rudberg |
| Central New England Railway (CNE) Bus Tour Upcoming 2010 |
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We have already started exploring routing and transportation options for next years tour. Most of you are probably aware that we were forced to use school buses for the last tour. Reservations were slow and we simply did not have enough money in the bank to pay for the bigger buses. This did have a bright side however. The smaller lower buses allowed us to go under several low bridges and stay closer to the rail lines. We are looking into several different options on bus facilities and pricing which could allow better transportation for future tours while keeping the cost down in a reasonable range.
To date we have pretty much covered the CNE from Hartford to Maybrook except for some short branches. The opinions we heard from a number of our regular railfans was that we should start over at the east end where it all began 8 years ago. To that end, we have done one scouting trip with Joe and Rose Mato, Karl Steig, Bill Curtiss, Mike Richards and George Ford. We explored the Springfield branch from Tariffville to Agawam and discussed possible routing from Hartford west to Winsted. This is a good beginning toward organizing next years tour. We will continue the research and collect photos etc and eventually arrive at a firm plan. Meanwhile if you have any photos and/or stories to share about that area just let us know. I still have my copies of the two previous tours done by Phil Lechak to use as a base for updating. I will keep you posted on any new developments. There is a bit of news about the big Poughkeepsie bridge which was on our 2008 tour. The Walkway group has scheduled the grand opening for the weekend of October 3 and 4. There will be a big celebration including the governor and many prominent guests. This will be in conjunction with the 400 year celebration of Henry Hudson sailing up the river and the 200 years celebration of Fulton's steamboat sailing on the river. In conjunction with the list of events, Marist College has been collecting railroad and bridge history for the archives. I was invited to do some video for that project and part of that video is now on the internet. About 6 minutes of my video is in the construction section of the web site. You can check it out here. http://www.walkway.org/dynamic.php?id=oralhistory You can find more information about the bridge and the celebration at the Walkway web site. http://www.walkway.org/ More later Bernie Rudberg |
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| Here are a few scenes from the CNE RR Train Ride from Hartford to Griffins CT Saturday. We had perfect weather and the ride was great. Yours truly got to ride in the engine cab. Parts of the trip were at a slow "rock and roll" pace over original CNE rails more than 100 years old. The wavy rails are original CNE 79 pound rail from about 1898. Thank you Bernie Rudberg. The turnaround point for the trip was the home base of the currently operating incarnation of the CNE. Our thanks and a round of applause for A. J. Belliveau and his crew for a great ride with great service. |
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Central New England Railway Home Page This page is an overview of the entire railway in Connecticut and New York. |
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Central New England Railway in New York State This page is an overview of the railway as it existed in New York State. |
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Central New England Railway in Hopewell Junction This page is about the CNE in the Hopewell Junction area. |
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Central New England Railway's Great Bridge at Poughkeepsie This page is about the CNE' bridge at Poughkeepsie. |
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The Rhinebeck & Connecticut This page is about the Rhinebeck & Connecticut which became part of the Central New England Railway. |
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The Railroads of Pine Plains Pine Plains was the intersection of three railroads, all of which became part of the Central New England Railway. |
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Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad One of the railroads that formed the Central New England Railway was the Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut. The CNE / ND&C from Dutchess Jct to Matteawan. The CNE / ND&C Glenham to Hopewell Jct. The CNE / ND&C from Hopewell Jct to Millbrook. The CNE / ND&C from Bangall to Pine Plains. The CNE / ND&C from Pine Plains to Millerton. |
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Connecticut Connection A trip along the Central New England Railway (CNE) from Canaan, Connecticut to the New York State Line. |
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Maybrook Yard The major freight yard where the CNE connected with other railroads was at Maybrook. |
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The Maybrook Line across Dutchess County The "Maybrook Line" was important to New England before the advent of Penn Central and before the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned. |
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The Poughkeepsie Bridge after the 1974 Fire The "Maybrook Line" lost its importance with Penn Central. See the effects of this fire on Eastern Railroading. |
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P&E in the Poughkeepsie Area Part of the The Central New England Railway (CNE) was the Poughkeepsie & Eastern (P&E) |
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P&E North of Poughkeepsie Area Part of the The Central New England Railway (CNE) was the Poughkeepsie & Eastern (P&E) |
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Poughkeepsie & Connecticut One of the railroads that formed the Central New England Railway was the Poughkeepsie & Connecticut. |
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The Central New England in Connecticut A great WebSite from Tim Dowd on the remains of the CNE in Connecticut |
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Fishkill Landing The Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad became part of the CNE. The New York Central ran from New York City to Albany and beyond through the Hudson Valley. The two roads met at Fishkill Landing. The first phase of the NYC rebuilding at Fishkill Landing starting in 1913. The second phase of the NYC rebuilding in 1914 and 1915. New York Central in the Fishkill Landing Area. |
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The Central New England Railway (CNE) and later the New Haven Railroad, ran through Hopewell Junction, New York.
The abandoned station is being restored. Follow its progress. Better yet, contribute to its progress.
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We will be adding more routes Because many of the locations on our tour have varying "resolutions" of the pictures, you may need to stop the tour and adjust the height you are viewing. On several locations, you may also stop the tour and click on the placemark icon for more information. Tell us where you want to fly and give us any of your comments |
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Welcome to Hopewell Depot Restoration Corp.
One of our members has created a Facebook Page about the Hopewell Depot Restoration. The Hopewell Depot Restoration project also has a new web site. I have been working on local railroad history since I retired from IBM 20 years ago. I have posted several hundred photos and stories about Hudson Valley railroads on a CNE web site. This web site has 23 sections. Just scroll down and select the section you want. If you have any questions or comments just send me a note. In addition I did about an hour of video for a Marist College oral history project. About 6 minutes of my video session is in the "construction" section. Portions of this interview are now recorded for phone access as narration for the Walkway Over the Hudson web site. A number of photos from my collection are now being used on the interpretive signs on the Walkway. Since my family background is in railroads in Sweden, I have always been interested in railroads and since I retired I have had time to study more. I am also the former president of a group working to restore our local Hopewell Junction train station into a small museum and educational facility. I am also one of the organizers for the Central New England Railway Historical Tours. Every spring we tour a section of the old CNE Rwy with two bus loads of railroad fans. I do the navigating and narration for the tour. I have written the guide books for the last eight tours and I am working on the next one for spring 2012. Each book contains around 200 pages of photos and history for that section. Next spring's tour is now in the planning stages and will probably be in the area between Norfolk and Canaan CT. I found the original record books of the ND&C RR at the Beacon Historical Society. The ND&C RR became part of the CNE Rwy in 1905. There are more than 30,000 pages of original railroad records. I wrote a book based on those records. It is called ND&C RR Twenty Five Years on the ND&C. It still available from the publisher and several local bookstores. I have also written a book of photos and stories about Hopewell Junction and East Fishkill which we are selling as a fund raiser for the Hopewell Depot Restoration. If you have any questions or comments just send me a note or call me at 914-221-9330. My E-Mail is: BRudberg@optonline.net Bernie Rudberg |
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