Friends of Cedar Hill Yard

Friends of Cedar Hill Yard The Friends of Cedar Hill yard is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation. with a mission and dedication to the Cedar Hill Yard restoration project.

Friends of Cedar Hill Yard is being organized at a (501c) nonprofit foundation. The Friends of Cedar Hill yard is Dedicated to the preservation, and restoration of the yard to operating condition the Western Hump classification yard at Cedar Hill yard. Cedar Hill yard started back in 1870 with the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic RR and this was the starting point of NYNH&H'S massive Cedar Hi

ll yard. The Friends of Cedar Hill yard mission is to create the Cedar Hill yard state park and operational railroad museum. Since its creation in 2022 the Friend's of Cedar Hill yard have complete numerous project from track clearing on the western hump to reestablish the full trail system of 3.5 miles of the Tidal Marsh trail that was abandoned back in 2016 by the North Hiking trail associate and the friend's of Cedar Hill yard are going on second year of maintaining the trail system since our takeover back in 2022 of the trail system in Cader Hill yard and brush clearing is on going of all remaining building on the western hump yard:

Yard office,
3 retarder tower A-C
car repair shop or building 2044. And with the Friend's own resources and their own volunteer. Have led the way on all the projects. The Friends of Cader Hill yard will honor our commitment to being life back to the property and to honor the heritage of the New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad

email us: [email protected]

Entrance To Cedar Hill Freight Yards and Engine House Title: Entrance To Cedar Hill Freight Yards and Engine House. Date...
06/18/2026

Entrance To Cedar Hill Freight Yards and Engine House

Title: Entrance To Cedar Hill Freight Yards and Engine House.

Date: Ca. 1961

Photographer: Guinea, Edgar R.

West End of Cedar Hill yardDate: Ca. 1961 Photographer: Guinea, Edgar R.
06/18/2026

West End of Cedar Hill yard

Date: Ca. 1961

Photographer: Guinea, Edgar R.

Just wanna let everybody know we had another awesome meeting with Townhall today. We feel confident on the direction tha...
06/10/2026

Just wanna let everybody know we had another awesome meeting with Townhall today. We feel confident on the direction that we’re looking to move forward and we wanted to tell everybody keep an eye out for more to come.

 And we appreciate everybody support we promise not to let you down 

 Founder-

News and review With the New Haven 🥳
06/10/2026

News and review With the New Haven 🥳

Folks,
Our next issue of our Shoreliner, Volume 47 Issue 1, has been uploaded to our printer. It should be going out to our members shortly. If you aren't a member, please join today!

A Friend Of Cedar Hill Yard dedication We would like to thank John Lee for sharing his collection of map on the Poughkee...
06/10/2026

A Friend Of Cedar Hill Yard dedication

We would like to thank John Lee for sharing his collection of map on the Poughkeepsie area awesome. I appreciate you sharing the photos

John Lee

Here a few maps. Enjoy.

Friends-

We are heading back to Poughkeepsie . These photos are recently sent to me. The only thing I had on them that they were ...
06/07/2026

We are heading back to Poughkeepsie .

These photos are recently sent to me. The only thing I had on them that they were from the mid 70s, but besides that I don’t really have any other information about him and that person doesn’t really know much about it either so I think these are passed down to their grandfather’s so what I think is fasting about these photos. We haven’t seen new Poughkeepsie railroad Bridge photos in a while so it’s nice to see a whole new set come out so we definitely wanna post this as part of our Maybrook series but definitely keep an eye out for more to come

 Friends 

Rails on the way to Maybrook yard,. since we’ve also been talking about the Maybrook Gateway in the Western connection, ...
06/07/2026

Rails on the way to Maybrook yard,.

since we’ve also been talking about the Maybrook Gateway in the Western connection, with all these foreign invaders let’s take a trip back up to Maybrook line we are heading over to Hopewell Junction and see what it looks like over there .

Penn Central has also invaded the fleet .

 Penn Central GP-9 7549, ex New Haven 1219 is assigned to a work train on the Beacon Secondary Track at Hopewell Junction, NY in 1970.

The track between here and Beacon, NY is being upgraded as part of a new through route between Cedar Hill, Ct. and Selkirk, NY

And on that note, it’s time to head back to the roundhouse, but all is not well with the New Haven with black locomotiv...
06/07/2026

And on that note, it’s time to head back to the roundhouse, but all is not well with the New Haven with black locomotives invading their roster ,..



Penn Central Engine Yard at Cedar Hill, 1971

The old coaling tower at New Haven's Cedar Hill yard dominates the view back toward New Haven.

The Springfield line branches to the right:; you can see where the old New Haven catenary system ends. The line to Boston diverges to the right.

Today, Amtrak's line to Boston is completely electrified and the Springfield branch is being upgraded to support higher-speed train service.

But almost no trace of New Haven's locomotive yard remains today.

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