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Siding at Niantic CT

Discussion relating to the NH and its subsidiaries (NYW&B, Union Freight Railroad, Connecticut Company, steamship lines, etc.). up until its 1969 inclusion into the Penn Central merger. This forum is also for the discussion of efforts to preserve former New Haven equipment, artifacts and its history. You may also wish to visit www.nhrhta.org for more information.
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Siding at Niantic CT

  by weehawken1883
 
Group,

Last weekend, we stopped in Niantic. There is an abandoned track running from the NE Corridor across the main street and into a grassy area.

Was this an industrial siding? A station siding? A branch line off the NH main?

Thanks for any information.

Kevin Cunningham
Canton, MA

Re: Siding at Niantic CT

  by TomNelligan
 
That was just a fairly lengthy freight spur that ran north to (as I recall) a lumber yard. There were no branches off the Shore Line in that area.

Re: Siding at Niantic CT

  by weehawken1883
 
Thanks, Tom. I'd never seen reference to passenger service off the main and "into" Niantic, but...you never know.

Kevin

Re: Siding at Niantic CT

  by shadyjay
 
Pretty sure I've seen pics of that siding/branch/spur in use in recent months. P&W provides the freight service through there.
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