Edward J. Brady collection, 1897-2000.

Penn Central Transportation Company

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The Penn Central Transportation Company was formed in 1968 with the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1846-1968) and the New York Central Railroad Company (1853-1968). The companies also absorbed the smaller New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. All three companies were the result of the consolidation of many smaller, regional rail lines throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The new corporation was short lived, declaring bankruptcy in June 1970. The United States go...

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...

Brady, Edward J., 1927-2001

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Employee of New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (now part of Amtrak) and interested in the Shepaug Railroad branch; retired as a supervisor of structures from Amtrak after 40 years of service to the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, Penn Central, and Amtrak railroads.. From the description of Edward J. Brady collection, 1897-2000. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 720064002 ...

Amtrak

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Shepaug Railroad

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