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Brettsterville Railroad History
In 1994 the first railroad to provide service to Brettsterville was the Brettsterville
Railroad.
In 2004 the Bittersweet & Honeysuckle Railroad purchased all the rolling
stock
of the Brettsterville Railroad and took over Passenger & Freight
operations.
Late 2005 Bittersweet and Honeysuckle Railroad sold the company to the
Brettsterville Railroad
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Railroad
Versions |
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2004 Brettsterville RR V4 - Honeysuckle, Holtsville, NY |
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1997 Brettsterville RR V3 - Beverly Rd, Hempstead, NY - Basement perimeter
layout |
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1995 Brettsterville RR V2 - Rock Lane, Levittown, NY - Bedroom Layout w/Mountain Line |
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1994 Brettsterville RR V1 - Silo Lane, Levittown, NY - A simple oval of N
Scale Track |
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N Scale Flextrack
by Atlas Model Railroad |
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2005 |
December |
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2005 |
September |
NCE System Installed |
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2005 |
July |
Digitrax DCC System Installed - Super Chief
and Zephyr |
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2004 |
October |
N Scale renamed Bittersweet &
Honeysuckle, Serving Brettsterville |
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2004 |
September |
New Shelf Railroad - First HO
'Honeysuckle & Brettsterville' |
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2004 |
July |
Time-Saver Layout on a door,
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2004 |
Jan |
Portable N Scale Layout built with Plexiglass
Protectors |
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2003 |
July |
Last
Run at Beverly |
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2002 |
October |
Abandoned partial layout in basement. Coryville, |
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2002 |
July |
Removed Mountain Line
Access at Stair-Tunnel |
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2001 |
February |
Received MRC Sound Master & New Panel Installed Command 2000 by MRC |
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2001 |
January |
Ravina spur extended with switchback at 23 Silo |
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2000 |
August |
Viaduct and Ravina
created with TIPPI |
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2000 |
March |
New turntable
installed |
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1999 |
September |
Scenery Re-Work - Roads painted to Grey, Lighting Added |
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1999 |
May |
Brettsterville Northern RR Merges with Hempstead Railroad |
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1998 |
August |
Second Access Doorway added to roomed, Brett was away at
Grandma's |
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1998 |
May |
Brettsterville RR was relocated to it's new home
in Hempstead, New York |
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1997 |
October |
EPA regulations mandated the relocation of Brett's Recycling.
Reason:
Potential hazardous waste could migrate downstream to ‘Twin Streams’, ‘Bretts Gorge’ & ‘Twin Lake’. |
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1997 |
October
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Two Rock Trestle supports replaced with reinforced concrete abutments.
The Original 'Two Rocks' supporting the trestle are now on display at Two Rock Park. |
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1997 |
June |
'Twin Arch'
This stone overpass was erected for the Railroad to negotiate 2 small rivers just north of Bretts Gorge. |
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1996 |
July |
First Episode of the Television Show Model Railroading on Long
Island
also known as TheTrainShow |
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1996 |
May |
Brettsterville Railroad
moves to 2 Rock, New Mountain Line
Established |
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1994 |
December |
First
N Scale Train Set given to Brett by Aunt Amanda |
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