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The Global Highway: Interchange to Everywhere A portal to the World. The Global Highway leads everywhere! Follow it to wherever you might want to go. We have something for everyone! |
See some examples of our work If you have "GOOGLE EARTH©" installed on your computer, you can "fly" these routes with these "PLACEMARKs" The "Ride to Choate" Former New Haven Railroad from Grand Central to Wallingford, Connecticut The Shepaug Railroad in Connecticut The Railroad from Norwalk to Pittsfield The Canal Line of the New Haven Railroad The Central New England Railway Connecticut Trolley Museum New England Gateway Connecticut Freight Railroads Cape Cod Railroads |
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The Housatonic Railroad An Unofficial Look Links to railroad and model railroad sites New Haven Steam Locomotives The New Haven's Comet Train Railway Preservation What the New Haven looked like in 1970 |
New Haven Railroad in HO scale. As of the first half of 1959 Alternating Current Electrification of the New Haven Railroad, 1907 New Haven Railroad Passenger Equipment The New Haven under Penn Central Railroad Archives at the University of Connecticut Library |
Many years ago NHRHTA published a reprint of a 1953 Transportation Department booklet intitled "Assignment of Work Equipment and Cabooses".
In it is a listing of all the Derrick Cranes and their locations. D3 150 tons Readville D4 150 tons Boston D5 150 tons East Hartford D6 150 tons Maybrook D7 75 tons Oak Point D8 75 tons East Hartford D10 75 tons Worcester D15 25 tons Oak Point D100 230 tons New Haven D101 230 tons Providence D102 230 tons Oak Point GCT-1 100 tons Grand Central Terminal |
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MARC FRATTASIO'S NEW HAVEN RAILROAD BOOK PAGE |
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Rail industry news from Railpace Magazine. Click on logo to see.
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New Haven speeds and trackage rights |
Brill gas car #9022 at Millerton station ready to depart for Poughkeepsie as train #917 due out at 7:50am. Photo taken prior to Apr., 1928 when this train was cut back to originate from Copake instead. Lee Beaujon collection Click here to see more about the Central New England Railway.. |
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Traveling in Europe? You will probably need to make a FERRY RESERVATION. Stop by and see our Reservations Center. |
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Canaan Station in the 1940's Lee Beaujon collection Sadly, the right half of this historic building burned. It was torched by teenagers. They were caught and now there is a restoration program underway. At Canaan, the Central New England Railway crossed the Housatonic Railroad. Both became part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad |
New Haven Office Building |
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JWH Rapid Response Temporary Housing On site containers become residential accommodation, offices and much more! Services we provide are: Transportation to your site. Site preparation for your portable shelter. Assembly of your portable shelter. Subsequent enhancements or moving of your portable shelter. |
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West Glenham bridge in the 1960's
The ND&C RR (Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad) established an operation that survived through good times and bad for over 25 years until it was absorbed into the Central New England Rwy and later became part of the New Haven RR. Still later 11 miles of the old ND&C line became part of the ill fated Penn Central, next Conrail, then the Housatonic RR and currently Metro North. After many years and many different names, these tracks are still in service and owned by Metro North MTA. There is no regular train service on this “Beacon Branch” but they are keeping the line open for possible future use. To see more about this historic rail line, once a part of the Central New England Railway in New York State and the New Haven Railroad, click here |
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See our special section on New Haven Railroad Bridges along the Shore Line |
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Once upon a time, milk trains were important New York Central Milk Business Creamery in South Columbia, New York There were two basic types of milk trains – the very slow all-stops local that picked up milk cans from rural platforms and delivered them to a local creamery, and those that moved consolidated carloads from these creameries to big city bottling plants. Individual cars sometimes moved on lesser trains. These were dedicated trains of purpose-built cars carrying milk. Early on, all milk was shipped in cans, which lead to specialized "can cars" with larger side doors to facilitate loading and unloading (some roads just used baggage cars). In later years, bulk carriers with glass-lined tanks were used. Speed was the key to preventing spoilage, so milk cars were set up for high speed service, featuring the same types of trucks, brakes, communication & steam lines as found on passenger cars. |
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George Alpert, last president of the New Haven
A story of George Alpert, the last president of the New Haven Railroad. He was president of the New Haven Railroad from 1956 to 1961 when the carrier went into bankruptcy. After he left the railroad, the Interstate Commerce Commission agreed with him that railroads like the New Haven must have federal subsidies to exist. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. 
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What is left of the New Haven Railroad today? Today's operations over the New Haven Major Passenger Carriers: Amtrak, Metro-North, MBTA, CDOT (Shore Line East) Major Freight Carriers: CSX, Norfork Southern Regional and Short Line Freight Railroads: New York & Atlantic, Housatonic, Naugatuck, Providence & Worcester, Pan Am Southern (Springfield Terminal), Pan Am Railways (Springfield Terminal), Pioneer Valley, Connecticut Southern, Central New England, Bay Colony, Massachusetts Coastal, New England Central (at Willimantic) Various Heritage & Recreational Passenger Operations: Berkshire Scenic, Danbury Railway Museum, Valley Railroad (a/k/a Essex Steam Train & Riverboat), Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, Old Colony & Newport, Newport Dinner Train, Cape Cod Central, Branford (ex-Connecticut Company) |
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Old Railroads of Connecticut
From 1844 to 1967, the New Haven RR was a force in New England. Well over a century ago, the Farmington Canal was converted to a railroad. Eventually it became a part of the New Haven. Naugatuck Line to Winsted. Abandoned railroads in Connecticut. Coverage of Central New England, Naugatuck, Boston, Hartford and Danbury Line. See a great sample of this material or read more history of Connecticut railroads. |
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Railroads on Cape Cod
The railroad that operated to Cape Cod was part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. It went all the way to Provincetown. Except for short lines and tourist railroads, there isn't much left except a rich heritage. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven
Driving north from New Haven, Cedar Hill yard cannot be overlooked. Its still used, but not to the extent it was 50 year ago. Imagine, over 9,000 cars handled on one day! See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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| View a February 11, 1928 RAILWAY AGE article on Cedar Hill Yard: "How a complex yard problem has been solved" |
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The Train Ride to Choate
Edgar T. Mead described a trip to Choate in the 1930's. This article shows what has changed in fifty years. Rooting through old magazines on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I came to an old NRHS Bulletin (Volume 52 # 5 1987) and saw an article by Edgar T. Mead on a train trip from New York City to Choate School which is located in Wallingford, CT which he made in 1937. In 1988, I wrote an article about what we had lost or gained over 50 years. I then decided to update this for changes over the last 10 years as well as over the last 60. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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The Shepaug Railroad
The Shepaug Railroad ran from Hawleyville to Litchfield in Connecticut. It was owned by the New Haven Railroad and went out of business in the 1940's |
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Essex Steam Train: The Valley Railroad
The Essex Steam Train; New steam comes to Essex. A Great tourist railroad in Connecticut. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Railroads to Newport
Newport, Rhode Island is located on Aquidneck Island. The Old Colony & Newport Railway was chartered in 1863 as that islands answer to a demand for a rail connection with the rest of the country. Today, a tourist line and a dinner train survive. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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New Haven RR L1 Santa Fe engine at the Hopewell Junction coal pocket. Arthur Bixby Sr. Photo from the J. W. Swanberg collection Steam engines needed lots of coal for fuel. The coal pocket was built into a natural rock cut about a half mile east of Hopewell Junction. Coal was delivered to a siding on the upper level at right. A conveyor belt moved the coal into bins on the bridge over the tracks where it could be dumped into the tender. At right is a water column for thirsty steam engines. Water was pumped from Fishkill Creek at the east end of the yard and stored in two large tanks on the upper level at right. These structures are gone but the foundations are still in the woods east of Hopewell yard. Photo courtesy of Bernie Rudberg Click for more on the New Haven in Hopewell Junction |
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There is no "brrreeeport" in Connecticut, but there are plenty of towns that are served by freight railroads. Search them out! |
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Head End Railway Express and Railway Post Office 
On passenger trains, railroads operated lots of equipment other than sleepers, coaches, dining cars, etc. This equipment was generally called 'head-end' equipment, these 'freight' cars were at one time plentiful and highly profitable for the railroads. In the heyday of passenger service, these industries were a big part of the railroad's operations, and got serious attention. We have text and pictures not found elsewhere on the Web. |
Signal Stations of the New Haven Railroad 
Includes New Haven speed limits and trackage rights Also sections on Bridgeport and State Line interchange Click here or on picture to see full story. |
Electric on the New Haven See some historic photographs of the New Haven Railroad's electrification. Old Cos Cob generation plant. Electrics in New Haven, New York City, and in between! |
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Find out more about Weather around the World Ominous Weather is about more than weather. Its about our environment. Its about our social issues that need to be surfaced if we want to save our environment. See Champions of our Environment like Al Gore SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco John R. Stilgoe Ralph Nader. We have other environmental sites on garbage trucks and Rapid response temporary shelters / portable housing. We have addressed several railroad-related projects that will conserve fuel and lessen pollution. Our Window on Europe spotlights projects that can help the rest of the World. |
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Bridges and Tunnels
The New Haven's Poughkeepsie Bridge burned in 1974. |
Troop Train Photo Album Photos of a trip from Texas to New York City (World War II) as an armored division brings its equipment and troops to the port. |
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Interested in Penn Central? New York Central? Pennsylvania Railroad? New Haven Railroad? or in the smaller Eastern US railroads? Then you will be interested in "What if the Penn Central Merger Did Not Happen". You will also enjoy "Could George Alpert have saved the New Haven?" as well as "What if the New Haven never merged with Penn Central?" |
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ALCO F units at Hopewell Junction Jack Shufelt collection These ALCO F units are under the route 82 overpass in Hopewell Junction on the Maybrook Line. There are no leaves on the trees so it must be winter. From the angle of the sun it must be late afternoon. With two B units this, photo was taken well after these units were introduced in 1947. Early units had only one B unit. Later units generally had two B units in the consist with the purchase of more B units in 1951. The green paint also indicates 1951 or later up to about 1959 when the paint was again changed to the “McGinnis” color scheme. These units stopped running on the Maybrook Line in 1964 when 30 of them were traded in for new GE and ALCO locomotives. Click Here or on picture above to see more about Hopewell Junction. |
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