New Haven Railroad Cos Cob Power Station (former)

USA / Connecticut / Greenwich /

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Power plant built for the 1906 railroad electrification generating 25Hz power. By the 1960's the plant was woefully insufficient and trains had to have scheduled stops so that the power dispatcher could transfer energy to other trains. Near New Haven the voltage would drop so low that sometimes the air compressors would stop working.

Shut down in the 1980's when Metro-North switched the line to 60Hz grid power.

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Coordinates: 41°1'44"N 73°35'50"W

NYNH&H Maybrook Line (Mostly Abandoned) 93 km
Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad (Abandoned) 107 km
Poughkeepsie & Connecticut Railroad Right-of-Way 109 km
Wallkill Valley Railroad (Mostly Abandoned) 114 km
Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railway (Abandoned) 119 km
NYO&W Railway - Kingston Branch (Abandoned) 124 km
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (Abandoned) 125 km
NYO&W Railway - Main Line (Abandoned) 140 km
NYC Harlem Division (Abandoned) 148 km
Lehigh & New England Railroad (Abandoned) 171 km

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