Cooperation At Canaan. Housatonic Railroad and Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum staff pose in between their displays at Canaan Railroad Days on July 20, 2024. Housatonic Railroad brought RS3m 9935, a gondola, and a caboose. The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum brought “The Roger Williams”. Built by Budd for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H) as an experimental set in 1957, “The Roger Williams” is an high-speed train set that largely used the existing design of the RDC (Rail Diesel Car) to create a six-car air conditioned train with cabs at both ends to facilitate rapid turns at terminals. The train included small traction motors that operated on third rail to allow for operation into Grand Central Terminal and operated across various routes in New England, thought not as a single train, into the Amtrak era. In 2023, the RDC Foundation, which assembled the three remaining cars, worked with the BSRM to move the set to Lenox, Massachusetts.
