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Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad

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Dates of operation
  
1870–1938

Locale
  
Rhinecliff, NY to Town of Ancram, NY

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad was chartered on June 29, 1870 for the purpose of building a railroad from Rhinecliff on the Hudson River east to the Connecticut state line. Construction started on the line in 1872. The following is a list of the owners and lessees of the line.

  • 1882 - Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad
  • 1889 - Central New England and Western Railroad
  • 1892 - Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad
  • 1899 - Central New England Railway
  • 1927 - New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

    • Passenger service was ended in 1933 and the line was abandoned in 1938.

    References

    Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad Wikipedia
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