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From Bernie Rudberg
Hello All -
This is to advise one and all that the 2005 segment of the annual bus
tours along various portions of the former Central New England
Railway is almost completely booked. As of 3/8/05 we had 100
reservations which means there are only 10 seats left available.
This year's tour will be run on Sunday, April 10th (rain or shine).
We will again depart from the Union Station parking lot in Canaan, CT
at 9:00am with an additional pickup of passengers in Millerton, NY at
approximately 9:30am from the designated parking area along Century
Boulevard. Century Boulevard was the former CNE yard area for
Millerton and is located one block north of Main St/Route 44 between
Dutchess and Maple Avenues.
Routing for this year's tour will essentially follow the route of the
former Rhinebeck and Connecticut RR which was taken over by the
Hartford and Connecticut Western RR in 1882. We will cover the old
line from Millerton New York west to Rhinecliff on the Hudson River.
As usual, everybody will get a copy of the 2005 CNE Tour guide book
(237 pages at last count). Our routing for CNE 2005 will be to State
Line, Mt. Riga, Boston Corners, Copake and Ancram. At Ancram, we
will divert to Ancramdale which was on the line of the former
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway and follow it down to Pine Plains
where we will again have lunch at last year's spot which was Lia's
Mountain View Restaurant. After lunch, we will proceed north to
Silvernails where we will again pick up the route of the former R&C
Railroad and continue our ride west via Mt. Ross, Jackson Corners,
Elizaville, Cokertown, Red Hook, Rhinebeck and Rhinecliff. At this
point in time, we expect to be making stops (some short and some
fairly long) at State Line, Boston Corners, Copake, Hallsteads area of
Ancramdale, Pine Plains, Silvernails, Elizaville, Red Hook and
Rhinecliff. 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. At the end of the tour in Rhinecliff, our
buses will run express back to Millerton and Canaan.
The cost of this year's tour will again be $45.00 per person and
payment should be made out to
"MRHS-CNE 2005" or Maybrook RR Historical Society - CNE 2005
Send it to:
CNE 2005 -JOE MATO
62 WOOD ROAD
REDDING, CT. 06896
As we did last year, we have two buses with 55 seats each. Last year
we sold all 110 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 or, if
less time is involved, it is up to the cancelling party to find a
replacement party in order to receive a refund.
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1104
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org