How It Used To Be... 

Frieght Schedules On the Berkshire Line

notice how the number of scheduled trains decreases over time...

 


From the New Haven RR 1935 Schedule

E-I 2 - Daily

I-H 1 - Daily

Q-H 3 ex. Sun.

H-Q 4 Ex. Sat

I-E 1 - Daily

H-I 2 Daily

Lv Bridgeport 9:00 pm

Canaan 3:30 pm

Pittsfield 5:15 pm

Oak Point 8:15 pm

State Line 7:00 pm

Harlem River 12:50 a.m

Derby Jct - 10:15 pm

Danbury 8:25 am

Gt Barrington 7:15 pm

Stamford 10:30pm

Danbury 10:30 pm

New Rochelle 1:50 am

Danbury 1:00 a.m

So. Norwalk 10:10 pm

Canaan 8:00 pm

So. Norwalk 11:10pm

Derby Jct 12:30 am

Stamford 3:00 am

Sterns 1:45 am

Stamford 10:40 pm

Danbury 1:30 am

Danbury 1:00 am

Bridgeport 2:00 am

So. Norwalk 4:00 am

State Line (B&A) 6:45 am

New Rochelle 11:50 pm

So. Norwalk 2:55 am

Canaan 4:45 am

Danbury arr 6:30 am

Harlem River 12:20 am

Stamford 3:30 am

Gt Barrington 6:00 am

Danbury lv 9:35 am

Oak Point 4:45 am

Pittsfield 8:00 am

Canaan 12:55 pm

Harlem River 5:15 am

Locals except Sundays

From Canaan: 12:30 pm to Norfolk and return as reequired

From Canaan: 1:30 pm to Millerton and return as required

From Pittsfield 11:15 am to Lee and return

 


From the 1950 Schedule

RI-2

IR-1

Danbury 2:20 am

State Line 7:00 pm

Gr Barrington 5:30 am

Gt. Barrington 8:15 pm

State Line B&A 6:45 a

Danbury 10:30 pm

Locals

(listed in alphabetical order)

No 11: From Danbury 7:30 am: New Milford daily and Brewster as required. On Mon, Wed, and Fri to Botsford, Hawleyville, Newtown, and Stepney. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat. to Ashley Falls, Canaan, Cornwall Bridge, Gaylordsville, Kent, Lakeville, Sheffield, West Cornwall , Woodrow and Return.

No 12: From State Line at 8:00 am to Housatonic, Lee, Lenox, Lenoxdale, Pittsfield, South Lee, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge and return.

No 13: From State Line at 10 :00 am (ex. Sat.) to Great Barrington, Housatonic, Lee, Lenox, Lenoxdale, Pittsfield, South Lee, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge and return.


From the 1962 Schedule

No regularly scheduled frieght trains

The Risings to State Line trackage is still shown but not scheduled.

Locals

NX11 3:00 am operates Danbury to Gaylordsville doing station work enroute. When required operates to Brewster, Stepney and Stevenson.

NX 12 9:00 am from Pittsfield (Ex. Sat and Sun) Does all switching at Pittsfield thence operates to Rising and West Stockbridge and return doing intermediate station work enroute. Moves cars to Rising for connection to NX-13

NX-13 10:00 am from Danbury, operates to Rising and return doing station work enroute. Operates Canaan to Lakeville as required. Moves cars to Rising for NX-12.


By the 1965 Schedule...

The line to State Line is shown as ending at West Stockbridge. NX 12 no longer goes to West Stockbridge, going as far south as Rising only.

 

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