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Beacon Line V1.2: Danbury

Version 1.2: Extended into Danbury, Connecticut along with a handful of both major and minor updates along the route

From the creator of the Pascack Valley Line comes a route within the New York metropolitan area, Conrail's Beacon Line.

The Beacon Line (also known as the Maybrook Line) is today Metro-North's non-revenue line connecting the railroad's three main lines east of the Hudson River with the Hudson, Harlem lines and the Danbury Branch to the New Haven Line. The line was formerly part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford's main west-east freight revenue route from Maybrook, NY. The line is set in the late 1980's/early 1990's when Conrail did its freight revenue on the line. Some services on the line include SENH (Selkirk-New Haven) and NHSE (New Haven-Selkirk) services. This went from 1976 to 1993 when Conrail decided to withdraw from its Danbury market. The Beacon Line runs from Beacon, NY to Danbury, CT and it's consisted of two sections which are the Beacon Secondary Track connecting Metro-North's Hudson Line from Beacon to Hopewell Junction and the former Maybrook Line from east of Hopewell Junction to Danbury. Today, the line makes up the current Metro-North Beacon Line in which is currently used occasionally and is preserved for future use. Conrail's Beacon Line is designed to recreate what was it like when the line was in active service with over 45 miles of scenic rural areas and some steep gradients around several mountains.

Features:
- 47.1 miles is the total length of the Beacon Line from Beacon to Danbury
-12.6 miles of the Beacon Scenondary Track from Beacon to Hopewell Junction
-35.1 miles of the former Maybrook Line from Hopewell Junction to Danbury
-3.2 miles of Metro-North's Hudson Line with Beacon station
-7.7 miles of Metro-North's Harlem Line with Brewster North (Southeast) and Brewster stations along with Brewster Yard
-1.6 miles of Metro-North's Danbury Branch with the old Danbury station (present day Danbury Railway Museum) and Danbury Yard
-A variety amount of abandoned and industrial sidings
-A handful of large lakes and waterways
-Scenic mountain ranges including the Taconic Mountains with steep gradients and curves
-Rural plainfields

Required Assets:
-NEC: New York-New Haven
-Norfolk Southern Coal District
-Sherman Hill

Notes:
-This is somewhat a work in progress if minor updates are necessary.
-A mixture of the three assets is used so make sure you have all the assets required to run the line
-Track & signals and some roads & scenery are from Sherman Hill
-Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, mileposts and a massive amount of scenery, vegatation and roads are from Norfolk Southern Coal
-Large amounts of scenery, vegetation and some roads are from New York-New Haven