NHRHTA Publications:

The NHRHTA has published the following items on the Berkshire Line:

Books:

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• New Haven Mechanical Department Facilities Maps -- Revised Edition

Includes:

• Danbury, CT (1941 map). 1 page.
• State Line, MA (1956 map). 1 page.
• Pittsfield, MA (1956 map). 1 page.

Shoreliner^®:

To see what Shoreliner^® back issues we currently have in print, see our publications sale page. To order back issues, please print our order form.

Volume 9 Issue 4 (Fall) 1978

• "Trolley Stop: Berkshire Street Railway" -- The history of this New Haven-controlled trolley system. 9 pages with photos, map and roster.

Volume 10 Issue 3 1979

• "The Berkshire Line" -- The history of the Berkshire line. 19 pages with photos (including front cover) and map.

Volume 14 Issue 3 1983

• "Trolley Stop: The Cord Wood Locomotive" -- The history of the Berkshire Street Railway's diminuitive electric locomotive #030. 1 page with photos.

Volume 14 Issue 4 1983

• Front cover photo of RS-3s #533 and #527 running light at Canaan, CT in March 1968.
• Rear cover photo of Mogul #388 crossing the diamond with freight southbound at Canaan, CT.

Volume 16 Issue 1 1985

• Inside cover 1/2-page photo of newly-delivered RS-2 #0503 at Pittsfield, MA, December 14, 1947.

Volume 16 Issue 4 1985

• "Trolley Stop: The 3200s" -- The story of the Connecticut Company's 3200-series (nee-Berkshire Street Railway 300-series) lightweight double-truck Osgood Bradley cars, built in 1926. 3 pages with photos.

Volume 17 Issue 2 1986

• "The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad -- A Successful Enterprise -- Part III" -- Covers the years (1886 - 1892) the Danbury & Norwalk was leased by the Housatonic Railroad. 9 pages with photos, timetable and map.

Volume 19 Issue 4 1988

• "Trolley Stop: Trolley Freight and Express in Southern New England -- Trolley Express and Freight in Western Massachusetts" -- The history of trolley freight and express in the Connecticut River valley and on the Berkshire Street Railway. 8 pages with maps and photos.

Volume 25 Issue 3 1994

• "Camp Trains on the Berkshire" -- Side bar to "New Haven's Unique FL-9s", this short article describes the camp trains of the 1960s on the Berkshire Line. 1 page with 2 photos.
• "FL-9s at Pittsfield" -- Photo essay, as a side bar to "New Haven's Unique FL-9s". 2 pages.

Volume 29 Issue 1

• "Snow Trains" -- Reviews the New Haven's snow train operations of the 1930s through the 1950s. Much of this service operated on the Berkshire line. 16 pages with photos and adveritising material.
• "Berkshire Street Railway Company Buses" -- Centerspread photo of BSRC buses meeting a snow train south of Pittsfield, MA, in the 1940s.

Volume 29 Issue 2

• "Snow Train Finale" -- A postscript to the previous issue's "Snow Trains" article by J.W. Swanberg, including a letter by Leroy Beaujon. 2 pages.

Volume 31 Issue 1

• "Some Signals on the New Haven" -- A review of the various signal types used on the New Haven, as told in photos taken by T.J. Donahue.  Includes a photo of the interlocking signals at Canaan, CT.  9 pages.

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