New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
N.Y.N.H. & H. R.R. Co.
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N.Y.N.H. & H. R.R. Co.
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
New Haven Railroad
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New Haven Railroad
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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central.
For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York. Approximately one hundred small independent railroads were built in southern New England between 1826 and the 1880s. By 1904, the majority were absorbed into the vast New Haven system. At its peak in 1929, the New Haven Railroad owned and operated 2,131 miles of track throughout eastern New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. On Janurary 1, 1969, it formally folded into the PennCentral Railroad system.
Formed in 1872 by the consolidation of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company and the New York and New Haven Railroad Company; reorganized as the Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968.
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Massachusetts
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Connecticut
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Boston (Mass.)
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New York (State)
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New England
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New York (State)
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New England
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New York (N.Y.)
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New Haven (Conn.)
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Springfield (Mass.)
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New England
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Connecticut
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Rhode Island
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Hartford (Conn.)
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Connecticut--Southport
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Southport (Conn.)
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Connecticut
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