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I really have too much time on my hands; but yes, I can help. Smith Street Yard was the original terminal of Poughkeepsie & Eastern. P&E was consolidated with Hartford & Connecticut Western and later Newburgh Dutchess & Connecticut into Central New England Railway. At it peak, CNE ran from Hartford Conn. through Canaan to Maybrook, NY over the Poughkeepsie Bridge, which they built. They also leased a line from Hopewell Jct, to Danbury, Conn. The New Haven gobbled them up in 1919. The NH removed most of the old CNE across northern Conn. in the late 30's; PC and CR strangled the rest more recently. The Hospital Branch, as I recall was built by CNE in the late 1890's to reach the new state hospital being built there. A wonderful three vol. set on CNE was published by Rob't Nimke in the 1990's, but they are expensive and hard to find. A soft cover book on the CNE-more pictures than history-is more doable. Contact a book dealer like Ron's Books to see if it's available. [written by Ed Gardner]
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