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Re: Planned PC "Passenger Livery"(?)

 by fm ¦  Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:00 am ¦  Forum: Penn Central ¦  Topic: Planned PC "Passenger Livery"(?) ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 8221

Many former New Haven Railroad passenger cars were fully repainted by Penn Central following the takeover. Most of this activity appears to have happened during the first year or two and was more or less abandoned (at least as an organized effort) after Penn Central went bankrupt in 1970. Although m...

Re: "Connecticut Yankee Goes Overland"

 by fm ¦  Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:40 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: "Connecticut Yankee Goes Overland" ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 5358

The inspiration for the Mad Men poster most likely came from me in a round-a-bout way. There's a Connecticut Yankee Goes Overland brochure from my collection of NHRR advertising material on the NHRHTA web site. No doubt they lifed it, and probably the graphics for all the other fake NHRR travel post...

Re: Patrick McGinnis turns up again

 by fm ¦  Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:54 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Patrick McGinnis turns up again ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 5027

The New Haven had a special press event on that date in June 1955 at Branford, Connecticut to commemorate the construction of the first segment of continuously welded rail on the railroad. A special train composed of the old boat race observation train cars was assembled to take VIPs out to see the ...

Re: New Haven Observation Train

 by fm ¦  Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:47 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: New Haven Observation Train ¦  Replies: 12 ¦  Views: 7711

It may interest you to know that a few of these boat race train observation cars lasted up through at least 1955. A couple of them were used as part of a special train to take VIPs to view a track gang putting down a segment of continuously welded rail at Branford, Connecticut during June 1955. This...

Re: Orange New Haven E33 paintouts with PC worms?

 by fm ¦  Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:43 pm ¦  Forum: Penn Central ¦  Topic: Orange New Haven E33 paintouts with PC worms? ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 8684

I've done extensive research on the disposition of the New Haven Railroad's diesel and electric locomotive fleet in Penn Central and this material is presently being serialized in the Penn Central Railroad Historical Society's "Penn Central Post" magazine. I was actually going to write a b...

Re: Did the NH want the Boston Elevated?

 by fm ¦  Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:03 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Did the NH want the Boston Elevated? ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 4396

There is no evidence that the New Haven Railroad intended to acquire the Boston Elevated Railway. What they did intend to do was implement an electric powered suburban service in the Boston area, and possibly elsewhere, using short equipment similar to the electric trains tested on the Nantasket Bea...

Re: Restoring a New Haven ticket dater

 by fm ¦  Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:28 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Restoring a New Haven ticket dater ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 6300

Go to the RCAI web site at http://www.railroadiana.org and contact them. There was a guy, from the Chicago area I believe, who used to advertise in their Express magazine on a regular basis who specialized in restoring old railroad ticket validator machines. They should be able to put you in contact...

Re: WANTED: Vintage or Reproduction NH Travel Bags

 by fm ¦  Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:45 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: WANTED: Vintage or Reproduction NH Travel Bags ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 1624

The red vinyl travel bags may have started out as an item to be sold as a fan trip souvenir but they were later sold directly by the NHRR too. Advertisements for the bags were printed in dining car and grill car menus during the 1967/1968 timeframe. I think the price was $5, postage included, and sa...

Re: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd

 by fm ¦  Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:18 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 4913

A quick reminder. The Matter film debuts at Yale University in New Haven, CT tomorrow (Friday).

Re: Herbert Matter Film Debuts October 22nd

 by fm ¦  Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:18 pm ¦  Forum: Boston & Maine (B&M) | Maine Central (MEC) ¦  Topic: Herbert Matter Film Debuts October 22nd ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1199

A quick reminder. The Matter film debuts at Yale University in New Haven, CT tomorrow (Friday).

Re: Remote Control Trains

 by fm ¦  Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:43 pm ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Remote Control Trains ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 2706

Hardly a "gimmick". The NHRR's radio-controlled MU car was a test conducted for practical reasons. The McGinnis administration was investigating double-ended high speed passenger trains at that time. It was thought that the engineer in the front locomotive on a double ended high-speed pass...

Re: Old & New Readville yard

 by fm ¦  Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:51 am ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Old & New Readville yard ¦  Replies: 20 ¦  Views: 7780

I wrote a comprehensive illustrated history of the Readville Shops that was published in three or four issues of the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association's Shoreliner magazine a couple of years ago. You may still be able to purchase back issues through the NHRHTA's web site at htt...

Re: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd

 by fm ¦  Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:28 am ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 4913

That NH logo film clip that was posted here actually came from me. It was one of my many contributions to the Matter film (the producers spent about three hours filming an interview with me at home last year and I provided a large selection of photos and other graphic material - the producer told me...

Re: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd

 by fm ¦  Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:19 am ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 4913

I'm under the impression that the Rye station shown above dates from the early Penn Central era and had nothing to do with the McGinnis era passenger station design program. The McGinnis era stations were to have been part of the high speed passenger train service program. The only components of thi...

Re: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd

 by fm ¦  Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:38 am ¦  Forum: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad NYNH&HRR ¦  Topic: Herbert Matter Film Debuts on October 22nd ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 4913

If you'd like to learn more about the relationship between Knoll Associates and the New Haven Railroad, check out "The New Haven Railroad in the McGinnis Era", which I wrote a few years ago. The book is still available from the publisher, White River Associates. You can check it out on-lin...