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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cedar Hill coaling tower |
Former New Haven coal tower still standing at Cedar Hill Yard, New Haven, CT, long, long after the demise of New Haven steam power. http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2003031020141721514.jpg:bydate::bydate%3A16 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Terry Dermpsey [ Sun Mar 16, 2003 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar Hill coaling tower |
> Former New Haven coal tower still standing > at Cedar Hill Yard, New Haven, CT, long, > long after the demise of New Haven steam > power. I remember reading somewhere that Ceder Hill was turned into a junkyard afer the demise of the New Haven. Judging by the junked equipment around that tower it seems that's the case. Is this true? |
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| Author: | Erik Ledbetter [ Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar Hill coaling tower |
> I remember reading somewhere that Ceder Hill > was turned into a junkyard afer the demise > of the New Haven. Judging by the junked > equipment around that tower it seems that's > the case. Is this true? The Cedar Hill complex was and is a big site. When I lived in New Haven 12 years ago part of it was used as a junkyard, part of it had tracks still and was used as a staging area for Amtrak MOW trains, a little bit on the far north end was in service as a freight yard for local Conrail crews who ran up the Springfield line (freight ops on this line have since been spun off, I think to Connecticut Southern but I'm not sure...)... More of it was scaped clean of tracks but otherwise unused. Like I say, it was a big place and the junkyard is only on part of it. One thing to keep an eye out for it you're ever poking around there--on the hillside above the coaling tower, fronting on State Street, is a still-standing nice modern brick Railroad Y building--long since adapted to other uses. eledbetter@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Rick [ Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar Hill coaling tower |
> The Cedar Hill complex was and is a big > site. When I lived in New Haven 12 years ago > part of it was used as a junkyard, part of > it had tracks still and was used as a > staging area for Amtrak MOW trains, a little > bit on the far north end was in service as a > freight yard for local Conrail crews who ran > up the Springfield line (freight ops on this > line have since been spun off, I think to > Connecticut Southern but I'm not sure...)... > More of it was scaped clean of tracks but > otherwise unused. Like I say, it was a big > place and the junkyard is only on part of > it. > One thing to keep an eye out for it you're > ever poking around there--on the hillside > above the coaling tower, fronting on State > Street, is a still-standing nice modern > brick Railroad Y building--long since > adapted to other uses. I have stayed in that Railroad Y several times in the sixties while volunteering at Branford Trolley Museum (now Shoreline). You had to make a choice of either the highway side and listen to the trucks all night climbing the hill and shifting gears or the railroad side and pull up a chair at the window and watch the electrics do their thing. On a hot summers night it was great to sit there with a cool drink and the smells of electric big time railroading mixing with the smell of a good cigar! Rick. enginman@gis.net |
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| Author: | Terry Dempsey [ Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar Hill coaling tower |
> The Cedar Hill complex was and is a big > site. When I lived in New Haven 12 years ago > part of it was used as a junkyard, part of > it had tracks still and was used as a > staging area for Amtrak MOW trains, a little > bit on the far north end was in service as a > freight yard for local Conrail crews who ran > up the Springfield line (freight ops on this > line have since been spun off, I think to > Connecticut Southern but I'm not sure...)... > More of it was scaped clean of tracks but > otherwise unused. Like I say, it was a big > place and the junkyard is only on part of > it. > One thing to keep an eye out for it you're > ever poking around there--on the hillside > above the coaling tower, fronting on State > Street, is a still-standing nice modern > brick Railroad Y building--long since > adapted to other uses. Thanks for the info, Erik. |
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