Sorry if I should know, but living far away across the world, can someone tell me exactly what and where the "Beacon Line" is. I would have figured it's a line norteastward from Beacon to a junction where the Maybrook Line over the Poughkeepsie Bridge went northwestward from that junction. It is my understanding that the Poughkeepsie-to-this junction point has been out for a number of years and this is confusing me with references of the "Beacon Line" as being the "line to Maybrook" in these posts. It is my understanding that from that junction point is (or now maybe was?) a line gotten from the Penn Central by the Housatonic Railroad through Brewster to Danbury. Yet it seems these posts say that this line to Danbury is being "Trail'd". Does any part of this route still operate by Housatonic Railroad, and how far up to Poughkeepsie is any active rail by whomever and who. Is it still possible for some active railroad use from the Beacon-Junction (to Poukeepsie-Brewster route) - Brewster - Danbury - Derby - New Haven route?
Sincerely,
Vytautas B. Radzivanas
Perth, Western Australia
Sincerely,
Vytautas B. Radzivanas
Perth, Western Australia