Okay, I'll believe it was a accident, but why didn't PC tell the Poughkeepsie reporters that they'll be putting the bridge out of service, instead of saying they'll reopening in a few months. I guess they didn't want to upset the towns officials. I think PC should have been honest that they would not be reopening the Maybrook line.If they were honest, maybe NY and CT officials would get together to discuss a short line. Hindsight is 20/20, so I can say PC goofed.
I am getting tired of a continuous rehash of this line. Penn Central had other far better routes in to New England than the Poughkeepsie Bridge to handle the remaining traffic in Connecticut. The freight business in this area was drying up faster than clothes in a gas dryer and it would never return. There would not have been enough for even a small short line to handle today. Little or nothing remains except abandoned ROW's and empty factory buildings and property in ruin, go there and you will understand what I am trying to tell you.
Noel Weaver