Leroy Y. Beaujon Railroad Collection undated, 1868-1971

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Leroy Y. Beaujon Railroad Collection undated, 1868-1971

Payroll vouchers and correspondence pertaining to the Central New England Railway, the Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad, and the Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad. Also includes public and employee timetables of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, western region.

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New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

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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. B...

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Beaujon, Leroy Y. Collector.

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The Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad was formed in 1881 from the remnants of the bankrupt Connecticut Western Railroad, which was formed in 1868 and ran from Hartford, Connecticut, into Litchfield County, Connecticut, and on to Pine Plains, New York . After 1881 the H&CW purchased the Rhinebeck & Connecticut Railroad to extend the line to Rhinecliff, New York . In 1889 the H&CW was absorbed into the Central New England & Western Railroad, which was created a...

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Connecticut Western Railroad Co.

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Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad

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The Newburgh, Dutchess, and Coonecticut Railroad was a shortline that ran from Beacon to Millerton, New York. It was originally chartered in 1866 as the Dutches and Columbia Railroad, but reoragnized and renamed in 1877. In 1904, this line was acquired by the New York, Hew Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. The Clove Brach line operated from the iron ore mines near Sylvan Lake to the mainline at Hopewell Junction. From the description of Records, 1877-1905. (New York State Library...

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Epithet: of Cartroncard, county Longford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000247 ...

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J. F. Jones

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853. However, it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s and 1890s the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland from the east and west. During the early twentieth century the railroad built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that wer...

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Central New England and Western Railroad.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Matthias Baldwin (b. 1795), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct "Old Ironsides," his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The po...

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E. C. M. Rand

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