Danbury trivia: the train line to South Norwalk is the only line in the country that had its electrification removed and converted back to a diesel line.
@@ctdriver9658 The New Haven RR bought some dual-mode locomotives that could run on both diesel and electric power, and decided to use them rather than incur the expense of maintaining the catenary on the Danbury line. As they ultimately proved unreliable the railroad ran mostly diesel shuttles from Danbury to South Norwalk and had riders change for electric trains to Grand Central.
Danbury trivia: the train line to South Norwalk is the only line in the country that had its electrification removed and converted back to a diesel line.
What is it cheaper to do that?
@@ctdriver9658 The New Haven RR bought some dual-mode locomotives that could run on both diesel and electric power, and decided to use them rather than incur the expense of maintaining the catenary on the Danbury line. As they ultimately proved unreliable the railroad ran mostly diesel shuttles from Danbury to South Norwalk and had riders change for electric trains to Grand Central.