NHRHTA Publications:
The NHRHTA has published the following items on the Berkshire Line:
Books:
To see what books we currently have in print, see our publications sale page. To order books, please print our order form.
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.