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THE SOUTHERN CANAL LINE
New Haven - Plainville - Farmington - Simsbury

NHRHTA Publications:

The NHRHTA has published the following items on the Southern Canal Line:

Shoreliner®:

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Volume 15 Issue 4 1984
  • Inside cover photo of K-1-b #479 heading northbound with a freight out of Plainville on the Canal Line for Collinsville, circa 1947. 1/2 page.
Volume 19 Issue 1 1988
  • Inside cover photo of K-1-b #479 entering New Hartford, CT, over the Farmington River bridge in March 1948. 1/2 page.
Volume 23 Issue 1 1992
  • "Both Engines Digging In!" -- June 1940 photo of two J-class Mikados straining with a Canal line freight at New Britain, CT. The Canal line freights ran Cedar Hill to North Haven Junction, to Berlin Junction, to New Britain, to Plainville and then north on the Canal line. 1 page.
Volume 29 Issue 2
  • "Operations on the Highland 1947 - 1953" -- Reviews passenger and freight operation on the Highland line between Waterbury and Hartford, CT. 12 pages with many photos, particularly in the Plainville area, and maps.
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