Stickels photographs of Central New England Railway collection, 1880s-1950s.

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Stickels photographs of Central New England Railway collection, 1880s-1950s.

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The collection contains 639 negatives and black and white photographic prints. The majority of the images were taken between the 1880s and the 1930s, with just one from the 1940s and only two from the 1950s. The images include steam locomotives from New England railroads, primarily the Central New England Railway steam locomotives. Also included are images of railroad stations and yards, wreck scenes, bridges, and work scenes. Unique images include a negative image of a map of the Hartford, Connecticut, to Springfield, Massachusetts, rail line, as well as a promotional photographic print displaying the interior of a new passenger car.

3 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7643910

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad.

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Central New England Railway Company

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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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. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

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...

Stickels, Dudley Jordan.

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Dudley Jordan Stickels, born 9 March 1917, in Torrington, Connecticut, was by trade a carpenter and a salesman who loved the railroad. He collected materials relating to the history, routes and equipment of the Central New England Railway (CNE). As a result of his study, he began a collection of steam locomotive photographs, some of which were used by railroad history author Lucius Beebe. Dudley Stickels died in North Carolina in 1992. Other railroads represented in this collection were mergers ...

Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway.

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Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad

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Connecticut Western Railroad Co.

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Poughkeepsie, Hartford, and Boston Railroad

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New York and Massachusetts Railway.

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Central New England and Western Railroad.

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