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
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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
In 1955, the Bangor & Aroostook operated two trains a day on its 236-mile mainline between Bangor and Van Buren in northern Maine. The premiere train was the afternoon Aroostook Flyer, which left Van Buren at 3:20 pm and arrived … Continue reading
Boston travelers to Maine would take the Boston & Maine to Portland where they would meet another many-tentacled railroad, the Maine Central, which had lines to Rockland, Calais, Vanceboro, Harmony, Farmington, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont. A line to Bangor split … Continue reading
Like an octopus, Boston & Maine had tentacles radiating away from Boston to Portsmouth, Portland, Plymouth, White River Junction, Bellows Falls, Troy, Springfield, and Worcester. This timetable was issued just six months after Patrick McGinnis, who controlled the New Haven, … Continue reading
As I noted a few months ago, Southern Railway once tried to compete with ACL and SAL in the New York-Florida market but dropped out in about 1915. Instead, its main market was New York-New Orleans, but it also ran … Continue reading
Like its rival and eventual merger partner, Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard railroad had an impressive array of trains heading south from New York City (via PRR and RF&P) in 1956. At 9:50 am, the Silver Star departed for Florida … Continue reading
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, which owned the 117 miles of track between Washington and Richmond, was co-owned by six different railroads that all used it as a bridge line between northern and southern cities. This timetable shows that in … Continue reading
Seaboard had its own line to Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, but Florida East Coast was Atlantic Coast Line’s only access to those cities. FEC also was the only railroad serving St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, Cocoa, and Melbourne, … Continue reading