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Poughkeepsie Bridge after Fire The "Maybrook Line" was important to New England before the advent of Penn Central and before the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned. This piece of the railroad carried freight from Maybrook Yard, across the Poughkeepsie Bridge to Hopewell Junction where it joined a line from Beacon. The railroad then went to Brewster, then Danbury, and finally to Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven. See the effects of this fire on Eastern Railroading. |
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| 2009 The bridge is open! The fellow in the yellow jacket carrying a banjo is Pete Seeger. |
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| 2010 Walkway Lights |
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Poughkeepsie Bridge Walkway at Night It is years later. Trains no longer run over the bridge; instead it is a walkway. Bernie Rudberg took a great nighttime picture from the walkway. See more about the great Poughkeepsie Bridge. |
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| 2009 Walkway on the Bridge is making progress. |
| Take a Walk With Us on the Bridge in 2007! |
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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 east end of the Poughkeepsie RR bridge was blocked off after the fire in 1974. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Looking up under the east end of the railroad bridge after the fire in 1974. The burned ties and
warped tracks were removed because debris was falling down on route 9 and the streets of
Poughkeepsie. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee |
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The west end of the Poughkeepsie Bridge was blocked after the fire in 1974. The City of
Poughkeepsie is in the background. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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CONRAIL still ran on the Poughkeepsie side of the Maybrook Line in 1981, eight years after the
bridge fire. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Work crew removing rails of the Maybrook Line near Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie in 1983.
From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Work crew removing rails of the Maybrook Line at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie in 1983.
From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the rails from the Maybrook Line at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie NY in 1983.
From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Picking up the Maybrook Line rails at Highland NY in 1983. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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The tracks in Highland near the west end of the Poughkeepsie Bridge were torn out in 1983.
From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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| The tracks in Highland near the west end of the Poughkeepsie Bridge were torn out in 1983. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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The Central New England Railway (CNE) was a railroad across northern Connecticut and west across the Hudson River in New York. It eventually became part of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Route (an alliance between railroads for a passenger route from Washington to Boston) and later a line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. |
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The tracks at the west end of the Poughkeepsie Bridge were torn out in 1983. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Maybrook Line bridge over route 55 at Manchester Bridge Poughkeepsie. Photo by the late Austin McEntee. |
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Housatonic RR #3601 picking up rails from a siding east of Hopewell Junction. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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Removing the Diddell crossing underpass in 1997 after the Maybrook Line was torn out. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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| Removing the Diddell crossing underpass in 1997 after the Maybrook line was torn out. From the collection of the late Austin McEntee. |
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| Rusty bridge supports after years of neglect. |
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| Rusty bridge supports after years of neglect |
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A fan trip passing through Hopewell Junction on the former Maybrook Line in May 2004. The
locomotive is just entering the Beacon branch tracks. Photo by B. L. Rudberg |
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Work train parked at Hopewell Junction in November 2003. This train was used to bury fiber
optic communications lines along the former Maybrook line amd the Beacon branch. Photo by B. L. Rudberg |
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Fly Along the Central New England Railway! If you have "GOOGLE EARTH" installed on your computer, you can "fly" along the routes of the Central New England Railway with the "PLACEMARK" below: (Click to get GOOGLE EARTH) | |
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Hopewell Junction to Maybrook Danbury to Beacon The Central New England Railway | |
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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 |
| REFERENCE SECTION |
| The CNE from Wikipedia |
| Maybrook Line Track Chart |
| Hartford Courant article March 2008 |
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The New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association has created a great map of the New Haven Railroad at its greatest extent. Click below to see it. 
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| Poughkeepsie Bridge from Windows Local Live |
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In early June 2007, Bernie Rudberg got a chance to take a walk on the
big bridge in Pok: "It was hot and hazy but the view is great. We will probably include the bridge on next years CNE tour. The walkway is a steel grating so they tell you not to look down while you are walking. Check out the picture of my toes looking straight down over the West Shore Line. I talked to the Walkway people and they say it should not be a problem to handle our CNE group. Just for legal reasons, they get you to sign a paper before you walk out on the bridge. That would make it easier on our insurance. I think a walk on the big bridge would be a high spot on next years tour." |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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| 2007 Walk on the Bridge |
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