Noel Weaver wrote:Winsted went in April, 1963 because there simply was not enough business to make it pay to go there. The 1955 floods had nothing to do with the railroad in Winsted. Even before the 1955 floods the local freight only went to Winsted not more than three days a week and maybe not even that. The bulk of the flood damage in 1955 was between Torrington and Derby, the line between Torrington and Winsted was not badly damaged, had it been as badly damaged as it was between Torrington and Waterbury I rather doubt if it would have ever been rebuilt. While I suppose you might find one or two railroad customers in the Naugatuck Valley that never rebuilt after the 1955 floods, I don't know of any. As I have stated many times both here and elsewhere Western Connecticut has lost nearly all railroad freight operations simply because the freight railroad customers are no longer in that area. I can name a bunch of them between Derby and Winsted that have left the area and they will not return, not today, not tomorrow and not again period. The last passenger train to Winsted, a single Budd Car, ran in December, 1958, I was on the last train and it was packed.
Noel Weaver
FLRailFan1 wrote:Noel Weaver wrote:Winsted went in April, 1963 because there simply was not enough business to make it pay to go there. The 1955 floods had nothing to do with the railroad in Winsted. Even before the 1955 floods the local freight only went to Winsted not more than three days a week and maybe not even that. The bulk of the flood damage in 1955 was between Torrington and Derby, the line between Torrington and Winsted was not badly damaged, had it been as badly damaged as it was between Torrington and Waterbury I rather doubt if it would have ever been rebuilt. While I suppose you might find one or two railroad customers in the Naugatuck Valley that never rebuilt after the 1955 floods, I don't know of any. As I have stated many times both here and elsewhere Western Connecticut has lost nearly all railroad freight operations simply because the freight railroad customers are no longer in that area. I can name a bunch of them between Derby and Winsted that have left the area and they will not return, not today, not tomorrow and not again period. The last passenger train to Winsted, a single Budd Car, ran in December, 1958, I was on the last train and it was packed.
Noel Weaver
Noel:
Who were the NH customers between Waterbury and Winsted? I guess brass pipes were in the process of being phased out in the 60s in favor of PVC pipes, so I guess Waterburys brass mills weren't get as much shipped from them as before.
3rd Gen. Brakeman wrote:FLRailFan1 wrote:Noel Weaver wrote:Winsted went in April, 1963 because there simply was not enough business to make it pay to go there. The 1955 floods had nothing to do with the railroad in Winsted. Even before the 1955 floods the local freight only went to Winsted not more than three days a week and maybe not even that. The bulk of the flood damage in 1955 was between Torrington and Derby, the line between Torrington and Winsted was not badly damaged, had it been as badly damaged as it was between Torrington and Waterbury I rather doubt if it would have ever been rebuilt. While I suppose you might find one or two railroad customers in the Naugatuck Valley that never rebuilt after the 1955 floods, I don't know of any. As I have stated many times both here and elsewhere Western Connecticut has lost nearly all railroad freight operations simply because the freight railroad customers are no longer in that area. I can name a bunch of them between Derby and Winsted that have left the area and they will not return, not today, not tomorrow and not again period. The last passenger train to Winsted, a single Budd Car, ran in December, 1958, I was on the last train and it was packed.
Noel Weaver
Noel:
Who were the NH customers between Waterbury and Winsted? I guess brass pipes were in the process of being phased out in the 60s in favor of PVC pipes, so I guess Waterburys brass mills weren't get as much shipped from them as before.
Torrington alone saw contracts with Torrington Company (later Timken), Stone Container, Grunders Equipment, and Blue Seal just to name a few.
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