Talk:Naugatuck Railroad

split into Waterbury Branch

This aricle already covers too much separate subject matter insofar as "Naugatuck Railroad" refers to both a 19th century company and a 21st century heritage line (that runs or allows runs of some freight). The Danbury Branch has separate articles for the historic railroads (e.g. Fairfield County Railroad and Danbury and Norwalk Railroad) and for the Danbury Branch itself. The latter article includes different Metro North style templates and links (that seem out of place in articles on historic railroads). I think the Danbury Branch model works well and would work very well for this line. Removing the redirect of Waterbury Branch to this article would be necessary. 67.86.73.252 (talk) 03:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely Agree. At the very least, someone looking up the Waterbury branch and seeing this title are going to wonder if they hit the wrong link. Most importantly, the current title violates WP:NAME's rule on the most common name being the preferable title. If someone wants to follow up on the fairly obscure railroad that operates the tracks north of Metro-North, or wants to read about the historical forerunner, links can be provided, but this article is totally mis-named. oknazevad (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I also agree wholeheartedly. The Naugatuck Railroad was a privately owned corporation in operation in the 19th century. The Waterbury Branch is a segment of service offered by today's Metro-North Railroad. The Interloafer (talk) 01:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

"Infobox rail line" for separate "Waterbury Branch" article

I tried to put this into the current article, but the presence of two infoboxes results in poor flow of text (particularly in the history section). Hence I'll leave this here on the Talk page to assist with the article split up 67.86.73.252 (talk) 14:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposed lead paragraphs

I've added a couple of propsed new leads below. 67.86.73.252 (talk) 04:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Waterbury Branch
Metro-North F10 413 in Bridgeport pulling Train 1926.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Naugatuck Railroad (1849-1887) NYNH&H (1887-1969) Penn Central (1969-1971) ConnDOT (1971-present)
Locale	east of Stratford, CT to Winsted, CT
Termini	Waterbury (north) Stratford (south)
Stations	7
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)	Penn Central (1969-1976) Conrail (operator 1976-1983) Metro-North Railroad (1983-present)
History
Opened	1849
Technical
Line length	45.9 km (28.5 mi)
Character	regional rail
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Torrington Secondary to Torrington 87.5 mi 140.8 km Waterbury Waterbury Yard 82.5 mi 132.8 km Naugatuck 78.5 mi 126.3 km Beacon Falls Naugatuck River 75.0 mi 120.7 km Seymour 71.1 mi 114.4 km Ansonia Naugatuck River 69.5 mi 111.8 km Derby–Shelton Housatonic Railroad Naugatuck River Zone 51 Zone 20 New Haven to New Haven Devon Transfer (closed) Housatonic River Railroad Bridge 59.0 mi 95 km Stratford Zone 20 Zone 19 55.4 mi 89.2 km Bridgeport New Haven to Grand Central Distances shown from Grand Central Terminal

Waterbury Branch

Metro-North Railroad's Waterbury Branch is a branch of their New Haven Line, running north from a junction east of Stratford, Connecticut to Waterbury. Passenger service on the line is provided by diesel powered trains since there is no electric service on the branch line. Beyond the end of Metro-North service in Waterbury the line is now leased from CDOT by the Railroad Museum of New England, which operates excursion trains from Thomaston station on what is called the the Naugatuck Railroad. The trackage ends in Torrington.

For the Naugatuck Railroad article I'd propose a new lead of:

Naugatuck Railroad

The Naugatuck Railroad was the name of a railroad that ran through south central Connecticut from 1849 to 1887. In the latter year the line was leased by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and was wholly owned by by the New Haven by 1906. At its greatest extent the Naugatuck ran from Bridgeport north to Winsted. Since 1996 the portion of the line north of Waterbury has been leased from CDOT by the Railroad Museum of New England, which operates excursion trains from Thomaston station to the Waterville neighborhood of Waterbury. The museum calls itself the Naugatuck Railroad (reporting mark NAUG) in honor of the line's original owner. The trackage ends in Torrington. From Waterbury south to the New Haven Line Metro-North Railroad operates its Waterbury Branch.

Split?

This article is confusing to read at present; I think it might make sense to move all the stuff about the current operation into Railroad Museum of New England. Thoughts? Mackensen (talk) 12:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)