Issued about a year-and-a-half after yesterday’s, today’s timetable is back up to 44 pages. Although the half-page ad on the front cover says that “42 new trains added” in 1953, this wasn’t why the page count grew. Click image to … Continue reading
Yesterday, I noted that the page numbering system, or lack of it, in New Haven timetables was annoying. Also annoying is that the main cover, the one shown below, is on the back. The railroad didn’t take advantage of this … Continue reading
I find New Haven’s timetables almost as bewildering as Boston & Maine’s. Start with the fact that the railroad didn’t number the pages consecutively but instead put a number on the upper outside corner of each page equal to the … Continue reading
After World War II, the New Haven Railroad began offering “Pilgrim Tours” of New England and eastern Canada. This booklet describes 51 two- to fifteen-day tours that were offered in 1947. The tours were unescorted but the ticket prices included … Continue reading
Someone imperiously stamped “Official File Do Not Remove” on the front and back covers of this timetable. But since the New Haven Railroad is defunct, it got removed and somehow found its way into my hands. Click image to download … Continue reading
Although the McGinnis-era colors were red, black, and white, Patrick McGinnis must have also liked this shade of blue, which I would call cornflower blue. A similar blue was used by the Boston & Maine’s Talgo train that was delivered … Continue reading
In 1954, Wall Street raider Patrick McGinnis took over the New Haven in a proxy fight. His brilliant plan was to save money by deferring maintenance and boost revenues by spending money (some of which went to his wife, an … Continue reading
Many travelers to Maine on the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Bangor & Aroostook would have started their journeys on the New Haven from New York City. I count thirteen trains a weekday from New York to New Haven, … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s timetable, this one is for “lines west of New London and Willimantec. It has shrunk to 28 pages, but I’ll leave it to someone else to take the time to figure out which trains are missing. Click image … Continue reading
This 32-page timetable is packed with tiny print providing schedules on countless branch lines, yet it only covers “lines west of New London and Willimantic,” Connecticut. Another 32 pages were probably needed to cover the New Haven’s dense network of … Continue reading
