Currently employed as an engineering coordinator on connecticut department of transportation rail projects, lynch resides in old saybrook, connecticut. Allcolor pictorial history of the new haven during the 1940s1960s. The nhrhta is a 501c3 taxexempt nonprofit service organization, with over 1,900 members. This 3part series includes over 100 historic photos from the south shore and southeastern massachusetts. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Cedar hill is a neighborhood in new haven, connecticut. It owned a main line from new york city to springfield, massachusetts via new haven and hartford, connecticut, and leased other lines, including the shore line railway to new london. New haven register obituaries and death notices for new haven connecticut area. Find our great hotel and rental car deals near the new haven. The new haven railroad in the mcginnis era white river. An open forum to discuss all aspects of the new haven railroad. It began construction in 1848 and, according to the book, new haven passenger trains, by peter lynch, opened from woodlawn in the bronx new york city to. The railroad history archive has many thousands of photographs. The new york, new haven and hartford railroad was formed on july 24, 1872, through the consolidation of the new york and new haven railroad and hartford and new haven railroad. Photographs of nh piggyback cars, nh piggyback trailers, nh piggyback trains trailiner, jet, super jet, etc. This allpullman train was comprised of a club car, two parlor cars, dining car, and sun parlor observation car. New haven railroad by peter lynch is a good overview of the railroad for the general public was. Ive recently put together a 22 page history of piggyback service on the new haven railroad. Most focus on locomotives and scenes of the new haven railroad, the predominant railroad line in southern new england from 1872 to 1968.
The freight yards all over southie were heavily photographed, but ive haven t seen any on the ground pictures. A guide to the university railroad collection connecticut digital. For power, the class i5 hudsons were used east of new haven until replaced with sleek new alco pas by 1948, a builder the railroad often turned to for. Railroad maps, 1828 to 1900, available online, connecticut. Railroad extra a brief history lines westthe new york, new. Railroads covered in the book include the cape cod railroad and cape cod central both the originals from the 1800s, and the more recent excursion lines, the old colony railroad, the new haven railroad, amtrak, the cape cod and hyannis railroad and the bay colony railroad, as well as the nantucket railroad and the marthas vineyard railroad. High quality new haven railroad gifts and merchandise. New haven 40 steel box cars, built 19411948, and renumbered cars detailed history of the new haven s 40foot steel box car fleet, built between 1941. A place for new haven railroad modeling related discussions. The new haven railroad and the conley terminal railroad. The new haven railroads old colony division robert a.
An 1851 map shows that only about a dozen scattered houses and shops were. Award winners book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this seasons biggest books. Support nhrhta new haven rr forum by making a donation. Railroad collections archives and special collections.
Proceeds from sales in this store go to the bsras general fund. We have photographs of railroad stations and other structures, railroad yards, passenger cars and dining cars. See abba lashups of green alco fas, orange and green alco dl109s, fm cliners. New haven railroad historical and technical association. New haven railroad railroad color history peter e lynch on. New haven railroad archives and special collections blog. It tells its story from the view of the men who operated the amazing equipment. New haven railroad station 2020 all you need to know before. Map exhibiting the experimental and located lines for the newyork and newhaven. Book 2 new york, new york city, east of the hudson river. The new york and new england railroad was a major railroad connecting southern new york state with hartford, connecticut, providence, rhode island, and boston, massachusetts. The new haven railroad in the mcginnis era by marc frattasio is a well researched history of the nhs management, concentrating on the presidency of patrick b.
Between 1910 and 19, the railroad built a large new classification yard in. Ive recently noticed from looking at historic aerials that the conley terminal had rail access. It is the goal of the new haven railroad historical and technical association, inc. It was the main eastwest freight route of the new haven until its merger with the penn central in 1969. Nhrr dining car department standard recipe book reprint. Peter lynch has worked for the new haven, penn central, conrail, and housatonic railroads. Check here for whats new and for important announcements about the nhrhta new haven railroad forum. New york, new haven and hartford railroad wikipedia.
Day and night for well over 100 years, the new haven railroad plied the rails between. The collection consists of papers, records and collections of a variety of archival materials related to southern new englands railroad heritage, dating from the 1830s and the birth of railroad transportation in the united states to the 1980s. This book takes the reader on a tour from the electrified zone to the heavy freight maybrook line to the myriad of obscure and secondary branch lines. This book covers new havens early alco diesel locomotives plus the. The railroad s fourtrack electric main line across the hell gate bridge into new york city carried millions of commuters and travelers. Hear stories about new havens most haunted spots, along with historical and.
Nhrhta new haven rr forum an open discussion forum for. The new haven railroad, though relatively small in size, was an operation that truly had it all. Shop online for 49 new haven ho scale model train diesel locomotives at discounts up to 44%. The new york, new haven and hartford railroad company, commonly known as the new haven railroad or simply, the new haven, operated in the states of new york, connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. Braintree on the new haven railroad detailed history of the railroad in braintree, ma, an important junction of several branches south of boston.
Mcginnis mid1950s and the changes he brought or tried to bring to the railroad. A fond look back by andrew pavlucik has to be one of the best books about the railroaders you know, the people who actually run the machines, and not the other way around who helped give the new haven its unique character, and breathed life into that oncegreat, complicated. I have plenty of local history books and nh railroad books and never come across any pictures or articles describing operations there. Old colony commuter service the new haven s problem child part 1 the history of the new haven s old colony commuter service between boston and greenbush, plymouth, middleboro, cape cod, taunton, new bedford and fall river. The new haven railroads old colony division liljestrand, robert a. This is supposed to be part 1 of a 4 part series about the new haven. The new haven s 225milelong shore line route main line linked boston and new york city while its many branches served southern new england, in its day one of the most densely populated and heavily industrialized regions of the united states. The book is a definitive guide to the new haven as well as a rich source of pictorial history. Learn to prepare sauteed scrod and hundreds of other food and beverage items exactly the way it was done on the new haven s diners, grill cars, buffet cars, and bar cars. The history of the storied new haven system is a long list of predecessors which trace back to the 1830s. Get the best deals on collectible railroad books when you shop the largest online selection at. New haven railroad book from morning sun books nhrhta. New haven register obituaries new haven, ct new haven.
Prior to 1873 it was known as the boston, hartford and erie railroad, which had been formed by several smaller railroads dating back to 1846. Lynchs book by 1949 the merchants limited was running with this new equipment and usually carried a consist of recliningseat coaches, a diner, parlors, and an observation. High quality color photographs illustrate the history of the new haven railroad s passenger operations in the era of the streamlined train beginning in 1934 with its first lightweight car order through to the railroad s experimentation with the ultralightweight trains of the mid1950s and into the troubled 1960s. A 501c3 nonprofit group preserving the history of the new haven railroad. In the early 1950s the new haven railroad phased out use of its steam fleet in favor of its electric and diesel locomotives. This paperback release of one of the bestselling mbi railroad color history titles is a definitive guide to the new haven, as well as a rich pictorial collection. The new haven operated freight and passenger trains over a boston new york city main line and a number of branch lines. Lost railroads of new england, 3rd edition new england. Nhrhta to tell the new haven s story and keep its spirit alive. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Matt vaversund, stockholm, sweden the new haven railroad. Signalling on the shoreline discusses the various signal systems and installations used along the shore line between new haven and providence during the new haven years.
I found out that a new new haven railroad book will be coming out next february, 2020. The final decades by scott hartley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The new haven was the railroad i knew growing up 2. Shore line westerly to providence new haven railroad. This book takes the reader on a tour from the electrified zone to the heavy freight maybrook. The yankee clipper th e yankee clipper was a new york, new haven and hartford railroad passenger train operating between boston and new york on a 4hour and 45minute schedule. The boston street railway association is a 501c3 nonprofit historical organization, dedicated to preserving the history of public transit in boston and new england. A brief history lines westthe new york, new haven and hartford railroad co. The maybrook line was a line of the new york, new haven and hartford railroad which connected with its waterbury branch in derby, connecticut, and its maybrook yard in maybrook, new york, where it interchanged with other carriers. New haven railroad in the streamline era by g doughty. During world war ii the new haven railroad, which provided passenger and freight service to southern new england including new york city and boston, found that despite wartime stresses on the railroad company the riding public would consistently and. An authentic reprint of the standard recipe book issued to new haven railroad dining car department employees between 1940 and 1968 is now available.
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