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The 2004 CNE Spring Tour was a great success.  The weather was sunny and all 110 bus seats were sold out.  We started from the partially restored station at Canaan CT.  After a walking tour of the Canaan yard complex the buses headed west along the old CNE Rwy line.  Stops in CT included a coffee break stop and two model exhibits in Salisbury followed by Lakeville station which is now a radio station.

Farther west in NY state we had lunch in Pine Plains and toured the remaining ND&C freight house and engine house still in use on railroad Avenue.  Next stop was the water plug still standing at Silvernails in Columbia County NY.  The attached photo is the group at Silvernails which is now part of a horse breeding farm.  The owners of Silvernails Farms painted the water plug in honor of our tour.

The route back included such RR stops as Bethel, Shekomeko, Husteds and Winchells.  The cuts over Winchell Mountain were well known for being completely filled with snow in the infamous blizzard of 1888.  Millerton NY had freight service connecting to the NYC Harlem Line until 1958 with the empties being rolled through town down to the interchange by gravity.  The cars were pushed up the hill by a truck and returned down the hill with men on the hand brakes.  Last stop was State Line.  All that is left there is a granite marker and the outline of the wye.

All 110 travelers arrived back at Canaan station parking lot with big smiles and each had a copy of the 245 page souvenir guide book. The big question was " Where are we going on next years tour ? "

Bernie Rudberg

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