List of Signal Stations — New Haven Railroad Technical & Historical Association

Bill Sample has compiled the following list of New Haven Signal Stations. The list was supplied by Richard Abramson, with additional input by H. M. Vallas (HMV) and Bert D. Johanson (BDJ). Special thanks to Peter E Lynch, who reviewed, updated, and corrected the list.

Many locations were not dedicated tower buildings but cabins or within station buildings. Most post-New Haven RR structures not listed even if open at the same location – this especially applies with moveable bridge control cabins.

Thanks to Bill, Richard, Bert, Peter, and H.M. Vallas for their hard work in compiling this list. Please submit any corrections or additions to wdsample@snet.net.

+ indicates historic structure mostly intact as of September 2006.
- indicates historic structure partially intact as of September 2006.

SS No.	Name (Post NH name in CAPS) [Description]	Junction/Connecting Line	Closing Date (if Known)
1	Harlem River [Cabin]
2	Woodside [Queens]
3+	Bungay (OAK) [Oak Pt West end]		1971
4	Oak Point (MARKET) [Oak Pt East end]
7	Bronx River [draw bridge]
8-	West Farms Junction Machine went to S.S. 181 1936		1933
12	Westchester Yard		1936
14-	Pelham Bay [draw bridge]
20	South Mt. Vernon (VERN)
21	Mount Vernon (East of station by yard)		1919
22+	New Rochelle Jct. (SHELL)	Hell Gate Bridge Route
23	New Rochelle - Remote S.S. 22 in 1947
XX	Larchmont	Larchmont Jct.
24	Mamaroneck		1935
25	Harrison		1917
26+	Rye (PIKE)
27	East Port Chester		1960
28+	Greenwich (GREEN)
+	[Cos Cob Power Plant Load Director’s “tower”]
29+	Cos Cob [draw bridge]
30	Riverside
37	Stamford West (SM)		1917
38+	Stamford (STAM) – New Canaan branch
39	Glenbrook		1916
40	Darien		1940
41	Rowayton		1916
43	Wilson Point Junction	Wilson Pt Branch
44+	South Norwalk (BERK) [preserved W. Conn. NRHS]	Danbury Branch
	[New Tower Berk north side near junction with Danbury Line in service.]
55+	Norwalk River [draw bridge]
51	Saugatuck		1916
52+	Saugatuck River drawbridge (SAGA), Westport
53+	Greens Farms		1960
54	Fairfield		1916
55	Burr Road (part of machine preserved RMNE)
57	South End, Lower Yard [South Ave. Yard]
58	State Street		1936
59	Fairfield Avenue (Housatonic Line?)
60	Bridgeport [Pequonnock R. drawbridge West] (PECK)
61	Noble Avenue [Pequonnock R. draw East]		1936
62	Central Avenue (CENTRAL), East Bridgeport
63	Bishop Avenue		1969
70	River Road		1913
71+	Devon (Naugatuck Junction)	Naugatuck Line
72	Milford		1917
73+	Woodmont		1955
74	West Haven		1917
75	New Haven [old and new] [mach. to RMNE, bldg gone 11/05] (underlined signal stations controlled by the new tower 75 effective c1955)
76	New Haven East End	Canal Line
77	Water Street
78-	Fair Street (FAIR)		1955
79	Mill River Junction	Hartford Line, Belle Dock	1956
80	Air Line Junction	Air Line, Cedar Hill Yard
81	Shore Line Junction	Cedar Hill Yard
85	East Haven (Note: never controlled by S.S. 75)		1931
86	Lake Saltonstall (early)
87	Branford		1958
90	Stony Creek	Branford Steam Railroad
91	Leetes Island		1931
92	Guilford (machine preserved RMNE)		1972
93	East River		1931
94	Madison		1931
95	Clinton		1970
96	Westbrook [control to SS 102]		1931
102	Saybrook Junction (machine pres. CERM) (“CTC” Machine to station 1983, building demolished c1993)	Valley Line	c1991
103	West End Connecticut River		1928
104	Connecticut River drawbridge (CONN RIVER) (new cabin 2001)
105	Lyme		1928
106	Sound View		1960
107	East Lyme		1936
108	Niantic River drawbridge (NAN)
109	Millstone
110	Waterford		1969
111	East Neck Road [Ocean Ave.]		1928
112	Fort Yard		1961
113	New London (Sail Loft, Y-113)	Central Vermont Railway
118+	Thames River		1919
119+	Groton (SS 112-118 control to SS 119 at some point in time)	Norwich & Worcester Line	c1991
120	Midway		1934
121	Midway Junction – Old Main Line		1928
122	Mystic River drawbridge
123	Stonington, Conn. [short branch to steamboat dock]		1940
124+	High Street [Westerly]		c1991
125	Bradford		1948
126	Wood River Junction – Wood River Branch		1938
127	Shannock		1935
133+	Kingston [moved 100 yds, tower preserved]	Narragansett Pier RR	c1991
134	Slocums		1930
135	Wickford Junction	Wickford Branch	1930
136	Davisville	Seaview Railroad (US Navy)	c1991
137	East Greenwich		1948
138	Apponaug		1922
139	Hills Grove		1964
140	South Auburn	Pontiac Branch	1923
141	Cranston (Auburn)(mach. pres. RMNE)	Fields Point Branch	1976
142	Elmwood		1923
148	Westminster Street		1923
149	Brayton Avenue	HP&F line, Pascoag line	1946
150	Gaspee Street	PW&B route	1950
151	Promenade Street		1986
152	Orms Street		1943
153	Northrup Avenue
154+	Woodlawn (LAWN)		c1991
155	Dexter Street		1913
156+	Boston Switch (machine sent to SS 60 in 1937)	Providence & Worcester line	1935
157	Newport Road		1913
163	East Junction	Old Main Line
164	Olive Street
165	Attleboro	Park St. – North Attleboro line, Attleboro Branch New Bedford & Taunton	c1991
167	West Mansfield
168	Chauncey Street
169	Mansfield [machine preserved RMNE]	Fitchburg Line	c1975
170	East Foxboro
171	Sharon Heights		1952
172	Sharon Pit
178+	Canton Junction	Stoughton/Taunton Line
179	Dedham Road
180	Readville Transfer	to 2nd District [ex-NY&NE]	1937
181	Readville	Dedham Loop south
182	Clarendon Hills
183	Forest Hills	Dedham Loop north	1940
184	Heath Street (Boylston St?)
185	Chickering (CHICK)		1986
186	Back Bay
187	Castle Square
188	Broadway (to Boston Terminal Co. to B.T.Co. Tower 1 & South Station)	Old Colony, NY&NE lines

Former CNE and NY&NE route (Highland/Midland)
193	Poughkeepsie Bridge [West End] (Highland)
194	Poughkeepsie Bridge [East End]		1956
195	Poughkeepsie Junction [CNE #110 per HMV]	Poughkeepsie & Eastern
196	Hopewell Junction	Beacon Branch (ND&C)
	Dykemans – [built during PC as connection to NYCRR, replacing Brewster interchange]	Harlem line
197	Danbury Station?
198	Wildman St., Danbury (White Street?)	Danbury & Norwalk line	late 1970s
199	Berkshire Junction	Berkshire (Housatonic) line	1961
200	Hawleyville Jct.	Housatonic Railroad to Brookfield Jct.
201	Tunnel Junction [east of Hawleyville]	near Shepaug line
202-	Bank St. Junction	Naugatuck line south	1955
203	Waterbury station?
204	Highland Junction	Naugatuck line north	1940
212	Plainville	Canal Line
213	Main St. (Hartford)	Central New England
214+	Avon St. (HART)	Hartford Main, Valley Line	July 1990
213	Branch Switch Yard	Frt House and Valley leads	c1930
217	East Hartford	Armory (Scitico) line	1956
218	Burnside	Connecticut Company Glastonbury freight route	1926
219	Vernon	Rockville branch	1926
221	Modoc Ledge (Did exist as block station)
???	Columbia Jct. (cabin, no SS number)	Air Line
???	Bridge St. Willimantic (cabin, no SS number)	Central Vermont Railway, HP&F Line??
227	Putnam	Norwich & Worcester – south
228	Klondike	Norwich & Worcester – north
229	Douglas Ave. (E. Thompson)	Pascoag line, Southbridge Branch
	Blackstone	Providence & Worcester
230	Woonsocket Jct. (Dudley Jct.)	Charles River line
231	Franklin Jct.	Milford line
232+	Walpole	Old Colony: New Bedford-Framingham-Lowell line
233	Norwood Jct.	Wrentham Line
234	Readville - Upper Level	Midland – Boston & Providence	1937
235	Dorchester
236	South Bay Jct. (Still open in a new bldg as a SS 2006!)	Old Colony
237	Dover St. (also known as Broadway per HMV) (to Boston Terminal Co., Boston South Station)	Boston & Providence

Berkshire / Housatonic Extension Route
B-253	Derby Jct. (Turkey Brook?)	Naugatuck line	1961
B-254	Botsford	Housatonic Main line / Extension
B-255-	Canaan	Central New England Ry.

Naugatuck Route
C-265	Waterville (Chase Metal Works)	Connecticut Company freight	c1935

Canal Line
D-267	Simsbury	Central New England Ry.
D-268	Westfield, Mass.	Boston & Albany
D-269	Westfield (Yard)	Holyoke & Westfield line
D-271	Williamsburgh Jct. (Northampton)	Williamsburgh line

Hartford Main Line (part 1)
E-274+	Springfield, Mass.	Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine	13 May 1991

Valley Line / Air Line
F-279	Middletown Crossing	Valley and Air Lines
F-280+	Connecticut River Draw (swing) Bridge
F-281	Bridge St.	Berlin line, Connecticut Company (south)
F-282	Cromwell	Connecticut Company (north)

Hartford Main Line (part 2)
G-290	Cedar Hill (North Haven Cabin)		1955

Norwich & Worcester Line
J-301	Plainfield	HP&F line
J-302	Webster	Southbridge line, B&A Webster Branch

Providence, Warren & Bristol Line
K-308	Slades Ferry Draw Bridge (on Fall River branch)
K-309	Warren	Fall River branch
K-310	Warren Mills
K-311	Warren River
K-312	Hampden Meadows
K-313	East Providence	Old Boston & Providence Main
K-314	Water St.	Providence & Worcester East Providence Line
K-313	Seekonk River Draw Bridge	Old Boston & Providence Main Line
L-321	India Point Draw Bridge
L-322	India Point Draw Bridge
L-323	Red Bridge	Providence & Worcester East Providence Line

Providence & Worcester Line
M-329	Valley Falls	Wrentham & East Providence lines
M-330	Woonsocket	Charles River line (Blackstone – NY&NE line)
M-331	Southbridge St. (South Worcester)
M-333	South Worcester (Jackson St.)	Norwich & Worcester line
M-334+	Franklin St.	Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine

New York & New England - Valley Falls Branch
N-340	Adamsdale Jct.	Wrentham line

Old Colony: New Bedford-Framingham-Lowell Line
O-346	Myricks	Fall River line
O-347	Cotley Jct.	Middleboro (Pilgrim) line
O-348	Nash Road	Watuppa line
O-349	Tremont St.	Canton Jct. line
?????	Weir Jct.	Raynham-Dighton-Somerset line
O-350	Danforth St.
O-351	Whittenton Jct.	Easton & Canton Jct. lines
O-352	Attleboro Jct.	Attleboro line
O-353	Oak St.
O-354	Wales St.
O-358	Rumford Avenue
O-359	Mansfield freight yard
O-360	Walpole Jct. (Cedar)	NY&NE / Midland line (Wrentham line)
O-361	Medfield Jct.	Charles River line
O-362	South Framingham	Boston & Albany
O-363	So. Framingham Yard
O-364	Framingham Center	Fitchburg line
O-365	So. Sudbury	Central Mass. (Boston & Maine)
O-366	Concord Jct.	Boston & Maine Fitchburg Division
O-367	South Framingham

Framingham Center-Fitchburg Line
P-372	Southboro
P-373	Marlboro Jct.	Marlboro line
P-374	Clinton
P-375	Pratts Jct.	Sterling line
P-376	Fitchburg	Boston & Maine

Old Colony & Newport Line
Q-382+	Tiverton River Draw Bridge
Q-383	Center St. Fall River
Q-384	Somerset Jct.	Myricks line
Q-386	Somerset Draw Bridge
?????	Taunton / Weir Jct.
Q-388	Raynham	Whittenton Jct. line
Q-389	Easton	West Bridgewater line
Q-390	Stoughton Jct.	Canton line
Q-391	Randolph

????	(Easton Wye)

Dedham Branch
R-397	Dedham
R-398	Dedham

Forest Hills - Needham Jct. Line
S-403	West St. (Needham Jct.) (W Roxbury?)	Newton Upper Falls line
S-404	West Roxbury (West St.?)

Whittenton Wye
T-410	Whittenton Jct. “Y”

Cape Cod/Old Colony Main Line
U-413	Cohasset Narrows Draw Bridge	Woods Hole line, Provincetown line
U-416+	Buzzards Bay
U-417	Tremont
U-418	(Middleboro?)
U-419	Bridgewater Jct. (Stanley)	East Bridgewater line
U-420	Westdale	East Bridgewater line
U-421	Matfield	West Bridgewater line
U-422	Campello
U-423	Brockton
U-424	Holbrook
U-430	Braintree Highlands	Randolph line
U-431	South Braintree Jct.	Plymouth line
U-432	So. Braintree Yard
U-433	Braintree	Greenbush line, Granite branch
U-434	Atlantic	Granite branch
U-435	(Neponset River Draw Bridge??????)
U-436	Neponset	Milton line
U-437	Harrison Square
U-438	Savin Hill
U-439	Southampton Street (Also known as Swett St).
U-455	Milton Jct.

Plymouth Line
W-551	Plymouth Cordage
W-552	Kingston Jct.

Greenbush Line
X-558	Hingham
X-559	East Weymouth
X-460	Nantasket Jct.	Nantasket line
X-463	North River Draw Bridge / Marshfield Hills

South Boston Yards Area
Y-465	First Street
Y-466	Congress St.
Y-467	South Bay Jct. Cabin

Miscellaneous
Y-113	Sail Loft (New London, CT)
	Westfield, CT (near Middletown CT)	(MW&CR/Middletown Br )