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Identifier: electricrailway421913newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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rates electric properties of a total single-track mileage of 1350 miles, these being electric streetand suburban lines in the States of Connecticut and RhodeIsland, the western portion of Massachusetts, southernVermont and the suburban district of Westchester County,New York. The several classes of electric railways in Connecticutmay be divided as follows: (1) The city and suburban lines of the Connecticut Com-pany, over which no steam cars are operated. (5) Direct-current electrified lines between Westfieldand Berlin and between Rockville and Melrose, operatedexclusively by the New Haven company. (6) Alternating-current single-phase railways of the NewHaven company, comprising the main line from New Yorkto Stamford, the extension to New Haven now under wayand the interurban line between New Canaan and Stam-ford. The New Haven company cares for the track of all linesover which any of its cars are operated. New work of theConnecticut Company relating to the right-of-way, includ- Canaan
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Connecticut Way—Electric Railways of Connecticut, Showing Lines Owned or Operated by Different Interests (2) Trackage rights from the New Haven company forthe operation of a trolley passenger service from Hartfordover steam freight and passenger track between Middle-town and Cromwell, between Buckland and Vernon andsimilarly from Norwich between Tafts Station and CentralVillage. (3) Trackage rights from the New Haven company be-tween Middletown and Westfield and between Vernon andRockville for operation of electric passenger service by theConnecticut Company in addition to the electric passengerand steam freight service of the New Haven company. (4) The Connecticut Companys passenger service andNew Haven companys steam freight service over thelatters tracks between Westfield and Meriden. ing carhouses, etc., is divided between the construction andway maintenance departments of the Connecticut Company.There is no distinct line of cleavage between the two de-partments, but in general

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