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The Central New England Railway (CNE)

Bus Tour 2008

The Central New England Railway (CNE) Bus Tour 2006

The 2008 CNE Tour went very well. The weather was just about perfect. Some people say we must have sold our souls to the devil for seven years in a row of good weather. One day our luck must run out.

The attachments are scenes from the 12 April tour. This may be the last time you see the bridge with rails on it. Construction will be starting soon on a new concrete deck for the rail trail. It is scheduled to be a New York State park by 2009.

Some of you might recognize Pete McLachlan giving his lunchtime talk on the operation of Maybrook Yard and talking old RR buddies at the Maybrook Museum. The condition of the depot is apparent in the photos of the buses at Hopewell Junction.

For those of you who may have missed some of the previous tours, the back issues of the guide books are now in the archives at UCONN. Laura has created a finding aid to help anybody doing research on the CNE history. This URL below tells where to find them in the UCONN archives.

We have not yet decided where next years tour will be. When we sort it out I will let you know.

Bernie Rudberg

CNE Tour for 2007

CNE Tour for 2006

CNE Tour 2008

This is an early heads up for those planning to join us for the 2008 segment of the annual bus tour along various portions of the former Central New England Railway. The 2008 tour will be on April 12 (rain or shine). We will depart from the parking lot across the street from the Metro North RR train station parking garage in Poughkeepsie. This is the same location we used in 2006. From the lot there is a great view of the big RR bridge just to the north.

Our first stop will be across the river at the west end of the big RR bridge. We will meet with people from the Walkway group and walk out onto the bridge. Currently the deck extends out 1800 feet from the west end. The Walkway people say they can handle about 25 at a time on the bridge so we will split up and take turns. From 212 feet over the river, the view is spectacular. You can see for miles along the river with active rail lines on both banks. Bring your camera.

After the big bridge we will follow the Maybrook line west to Maybrook where we will have a buffet style lunch and visit the Maybrook RR Museum. On the way back we will stop to check on progress of the Hopewell Depot Restoration then follow the Maybrook line back to Poughkeepsie.

As usual, everybody will get a copy of the 2008 CNE Tour guide book. We have a lot of ground to cover so we will have coffee and Poughkeepsie RR Bridge photo shooting at 8:30 and busses will roll at 9:00.

This routing is subject to change if we run into any last minute problems or find a new way to get the busses into a small space. Due to the narrow roads and lack of suitable parking in much of the general area of our tour, some locations can only be shown from the bus windows or in photographs. We will show you as much as we possibly can.

The cost of this year's tour will again be $50.00 per person and payment should be made out to "MRHS-CNE 2008" or Maybrook RR Historical Society - CNE 2008
Send it to:
CNE 2008 -JOE MATO
62 WOOD ROAD
REDDING, CT. 06896

As we did last year, we have two buses with 55 seats each. 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.

There was a public meeting about the Walkway on the Poughkeepsie RR bridge. They expected about 50 to 100 people but 485 showed up. The engineering group explained the plans and options along with the projected costs. The entire walkway project would be less than half the cost of removing the bridge.

The Walkway group already has almost $3 million lined up with more coming. Construction is scheduled to start in the spring of 2008. The future plans include a $14 million income increase in the local economy from the tourist traffic on the bridge.

The meeting happened to be on the same day as Governor Spitzers State of the State address. He mentioned the Walkway project and announced that it will become a New York State Park and the plans call for opening as part of the 400 year celebration of Henry Hudson sailing up the river in 1609. By September of 2009 we should be able to hike or ride our bikes across the big bridge.

The 2008 CNE Historical Tour will be on April 12 (rain or shine). This may be your last chance to walk on the bridge before they tear out the tracks and put in a concrete deck. We already have about 40 reservations so don't wait too long.

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	Central New England Railway Home Page This page is an overview of the entire railway in Connecticut and New York.
Central New England Railway in New York State This page is an overview of the railway as it existed in New York State.
Central New England Railway in Hopewell Junction This page is about the CNE in the Hopewell Junction area.
Central New England Railway's Great Bridge at Poughkeepsie This page is about the CNE' bridge at Poughkeepsie.
The Rhinebeck & Connecticut This page is about the Rhinebeck & Connecticut which became part of the Central New England Railway.
The Railroads of Pine Plains Pine Plains was the intersection of three railroads, all of which became part of the Central New England Railway.
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.
Connecticut Connection A trip along the Central New England Railway (CNE) from Canaan, Connecticut to the New York State Line.
Maybrook Yard The major freight yard where the CNE connected with other railroads was at Maybrook.
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.
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.
P&E in the Poughkeepsie Area Part of the The Central New England Railway (CNE) was the Poughkeepsie & Eastern (P&E)
P&E North of Poughkeepsie Area Part of the The Central New England Railway (CNE) was the Poughkeepsie & Eastern (P&E)
Poughkeepsie & Connecticut One of the railroads that formed the Central New England Railway was the Poughkeepsie & Connecticut.
The Central New England in Connecticut A great WebSite from Tim Dowd on the remains of the CNE in Connecticut
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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