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New Haven Passenger Trains Great passenger Trains by Peter E Lynch
New Haven Passenger Trains Great passenger Trains by Peter E Lynch
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright 2005
160 pages
Contents
Acknowledgments6
Introduction7
Chapter One Brief History 1872-195510
Chapter Two Shore Line: The Premier Route
from New York to Boston24
Chapter Three New Haven-Hartford-Springfield:
The Route through Central
Connecticut to Northern
New England44
Chapter Four Berkshire Line:
The New Haven's Route
to the Hills54
Chapter Five Commuter Services-East End66
Chapter Six Commuter Services-West End86
Chapter Seven Some Branchlines100
Chapter Eight Seasonal Trains: Shore Line,
Berkshires, Cape Cod,
White Mountains, Maine, Florida116
Chapter Nine Excursions and Special Trains126
Chapter Ten The Later Years:
Decline and the End 1955-1969144
Appendix155
Index160
NEW HAVEN PASSENGER TRAINS
The New Haven had just 1,800 miles of trackage at its height in 1950, but it carried more passengers than any other railroad in the history of the U.S. rail industry. Its routes ran between the major metropolitan areas of New York City and Boston, but also ran tourist operations to Cape Cod, Hyannis, Woods Hole, and boat connections to Martha's Vineyard; ski trains to the Berkshires; and joint trains to Washington, D.C., and Canada. New Haven Passenger Trains chronicles the history of this storied railroad. Also depicted are New Haven uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals (including both Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan), and interior views of cars, providing a dramatic visual account of train travel's heyday and subsequent decline. Period ads, timetables, and route maps are
featured, as well as discussion of Amtrak, CDOT, and MBTA operations on former New Haven routes today.
Throughout its existence, the New Haven Railroad operated dayand-night service between New York City and Boston. While the Shore Line Route became the railroad's signature passenger line, the New Haven operated a number of remarkable commuter and tourist services throughout the densely populated Northeast.
This illustrated history of the New Haven's passenger network examines the various forms of motive power, rolling stock, and services on trains with colorful names like Merchants Limited, Yankee Clipper, Cranberry, and Quaker. Dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photographs and maps depict the trains
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