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MNCW 202 |
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Laying over for the weekend outside the historic Danbury station is one of Metro North's P32AC-DM fleet. Currently wearing the second paint scheme for the P32s, this dual mode locomotive was constructed by General Electric in the summer of 1995 and has been transporting trains of commuters to and from Grand Central Terminal ever since. The technology involved with enabling this locomotive to operate on either diesel or third rail electric power goes back to the New Haven Railroad FL-9 units that once operated through here. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:29:31 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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MNCW 202(P32AC-DM) |
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| Title: |
CDOT 6227 |
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"The Connecticut River" |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:38:16 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
CDOT 126 |
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One of the newer Brookville built locomotives waiting out the weekend, wearing the attractive colors of the former New Haven Railroad, adopted by ConnDOT in the 1980s for their commuter trains. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:40:20 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CDOT 126(BL20GH) |
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| Title: |
New Haven Trailer |
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A remnant from the former New Haven "Trailiner" piggy-back service can still be found at one end of the museum yard. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:45:22 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
DRMX 1399 |
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One of two GE 44-tonners at the museum, this unit came from the Union Pacific Railroad, their only one of this type. The blue paint scheme harkens back to the locomotive's time spent serving as a switcher for Electric Boat. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:47:42 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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DRMX 1399(44Tonner) |
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MEC 661 |
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One of the five "Northeastern" style cabooses that the Maine Central Railroad acquired from the Western Maryland back in 1962. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 3:56:12 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 0673 |
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Front end view of the museum's RS-1, originally from the Illinois Terminal Company. Built by Alco in 1948, the unit first arrived in New England in the 1970s when it was acquired for service on the Green Mountain Railroad, operating the ex-Rutland tracks between Bellows Falls and Rutland, VT. The museum has restored it to represent a New Haven Railroad locomotive of the same type. The only original New Haven RS-1 that survives in the 21st century is the former 0670, privately owned on the Central New England Railroad. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:01:01 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 673(RS1) |
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| Title: |
RDG 1547 |
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One of the ex Reading Company commuter cars that call the museum home, this coach was constructed by the Harlan & Hollingsworth division of Bethlehem Steel in 1925. It was originally operated out of Reading Terminal in Philadelphia, PA to various destinations across the Reading system and one of the few non electric powered cars make it into SEPTA in the 1980s. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:07:21 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
Builders Plate |
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Attached to the cab side of NH 0673 |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:13:00 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 673(RS1) |
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| Title: |
NH 0673 |
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What a wonderful looking Alco. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:15:12 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 673(RS1) |
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| Title: |
Waiting For Spring |
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Some of the museum's operating fleet waiting for warmer months and the start of the yard shuttles, which include a ride on the yard's restored turntable. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:17:06 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 673(RS1) DRMX 1399(44Tonner) |
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| Title: |
CN 660 |
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This 1954 built Pullman-Standard car had quite a few uses during its time with the Canadian National, including buffet-sleeper, dining car, and club car. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:38:28 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
NH 0673 |
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Short hood end view of the RS-1. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:42:25 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 673(RS1) |
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| Title: |
NH 32 |
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A Budd Company product of 1953, this RDC-1 is one of only a few of these units left in New England that can still operate under its own power, making occasional apperances on the museum yard shuttles. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:43:53 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 32(RDC1) |
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BM 1455 |
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Built in 1907 by Alco's Manchester Works as B&M 100, this locomotive is one of only two road engines left from the "Route of the Minuteman." Renumbered to its present number in 1911, it was one of the last B&M steamers in operation when retired in the 1950s and donated to F. Nelson Blount's Edaville Railroad, one of the first locomotives acquired by the man that would later found Steamtown USA. After many years of display at South Carver, MA, it was moved further east to the Cape Cod Railroad at Hyannis, MA with plans for a restoration to active service which never occured. Acquired by the Danbury Railway Museum in 2000. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:23:05 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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BM 1455(2-6-0) |
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R 8085 |
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Rare wooden boxcar from the Rutland Railway with "Route of the Whippet" markings. Constructed in 1924 in Ohio by the Youngstown Car Company. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:17:10 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
DH 35815 |
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The newest addition to the Danbury Railway Museum's fleet of equipment is this caboose, recently acquired from the Canadian Pacific Railway. Built as Erie Lackawanna C-378 in 1970, it went to the D&H in 1976 rather than Conrail and continued in service for "The Bridge Line" into the Guilford and CP eras. The last assignment for this car before retirement was the CP locals in the Plattsburgh, NY area. Note that the car still retains its Guilford orange paint, minus Big G, a rarity to see in the 21st century. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:54:48 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
CN 6786 |
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After many years of display at the museum painted for the New York Central, the privately owned FPA-FPB set has been restored for their original owner. Both A unit and B unit were constructed by Montreal Locomotive Works for the Canadian National Railway in 1959. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 7:01:45 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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CN 6786(FPA4) CN 6867(FPB4) |
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| Title: |
MEC 664 |
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One of two former MEC/WM cabooses at the museum. All five of the cars that the Maine Central acquired from the Western Maryland in the 1960s still survive today. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 7:07:03 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
DH 24625 |
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Awaiting restoration is this former D&H, nee-Reading Company boxcar. Acquired from the Canadian Pacific Railway, this 1971 built car was one of the last cars built new for the Reading before the railroad became a part of Conrail a few years later. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:32:52 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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| Title: |
NH 47 |
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The museum's other ex New Haven RDC, still displaying its McGinnis style lettering on the front end. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:49:50 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NH 47(RDC1) |
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| Title: |
MNCW 1171 |
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One of two surviving NYC ACMU cars, "AC" standing for air conditioning which was a more recent development for New York Central commuters at the time. Built by Pullman-Standard in 1965, these cars saw service out of Grand Central north to Croton Harmon and North White Plains. Metro North retired the last of these units in the early 2000s after a little over forty years of operation. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:47:08 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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MNCW 1171(ACMU) |
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| Title: |
Noses |
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A comparison of the noses of EMD and Alco constructed cab units. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:44:51 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NYC 4096(E9A) LI 617(Power Car) |
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LI 617 |
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A former Long Island Railroad rebuilt Power Pack is on home rails in the yard, originally constructed by Alco as New Haven Railroad 0428 an FA-1. Assigned to pull mainline freight on the New Haven, it was retired by Penn Central and sold to the Long Island. The LIRR had the unit rebuilt as a cab control unit for use on diesel powered trains, first working with Alco C-420s and later EMD MP15 and GP38-2 units. It is one of two known New Haven FA-1s to survive today. |
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3/12/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:37:40 PM |
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Danbury, CT |
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Paul Koprowski |
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LI 617(Power Car) |
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