Lenox Railroad Station
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Lenox Railroad Station is a historic station on Housatonic Street and Willow Creek Road in Lenox, Massachusetts
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The station was built in 1902 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
, replacing the one that had been built around 1850 by the Stockbridge & Pittsfield Railroad and which had burned to the ground the previous year. The station and line were acquired by the Housatonic Railroad
, which became the Berkshire Division of the New Haven Railroad in 1892. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1989, and serves as the home of the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
.
Lenox, Massachusetts
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,077 at the 2000 census. Where the town has a border with Stockbridge is the site of Tanglewood, summer...
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The station was built in 1902 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States from 1872 to 1968 which served the states of Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts...
, replacing the one that had been built around 1850 by the Stockbridge & Pittsfield Railroad and which had burned to the ground the previous year. The station and line were acquired by the Housatonic Railroad
Housatonic Railroad
The Housatonic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and has since expanded north and south, as well as west into New York State.The...
, which became the Berkshire Division of the New Haven Railroad in 1892. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1989, and serves as the home of the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum is a railroad museum located in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States that offers historical exhibits as well as train rides up to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States on the Housatonic Railroad right of way. The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum was founded in...
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