On the New Haven Railroad's final night, in the line's headquarters city, EP-5 electric 371 awaits its next run to Grand Central terminal. The horrible condition of 371's paint symbolizes a railro... (more)

Six months after the Penn Central takeover, New Haven U25B 2519 heads up a GE quartet at Maybrook, NY. Within a few years this once-busy interchange point would be quiet as PC diverted traffic awa... (more)

A pair of unrepainted New Haven "Washboard" MUs running as a Penn Central Stamford-Grand Central local hum through the Botanical Gardens station in the Bronx on a winter afternoon. Panto... (more)

The DL-109, introduced in 1940, was Alco's first production model road diesel, and the last surviving example was New Haven 0716, which had been converted to a stationary power plant and renumbere... (more)

Making the best of sadness. The history of this spot is most famously known for the tragic events of May 8, 1974, when the bridge that now carries the Walkway Over The Hudson used to carry trains ... (more)

The baggage elevators at Springfield (MA) Union Station frame New Haven FL9 2053 as it prepares to depart for Grand Central Terminal with an afternoon run.

In the New Haven Railroad's final summer, a pair of FL9s speed east through Branford, CT, with a Boston-bound express out of Grand Central Terminal.

On a snowless winter day, a pair of New Haven FL9s pose next to a set of U25Bs at the Dover Street engine terminal in South Boston. Penn Central has been in control for a couple weeks but so far t... (more)

Fifty years ago tonight I was at New Haven, CT, to record the final hours of the New Haven Railroad before it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. On that rainy New Year's eve the final NH-... (more)

Fifty years ago tonight saw the end of the New Haven Railroad as it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. The final NH-operated westbound edition of Boston-New York train 27, the Merchants L... (more)

Would you believe Souther was short on power and head end cars and this set ended up in North Carolina? OK, would you believe..........? No doubt about this, it’s pretty.

By the time Penn Central took over the New Haven RR in January 1969, much of the NH's motive power had acquired a weary look. Four months later, NH RS-3 530 and an Alco switcher passed the weekend... (more)

In the New Haven Railroad's final weeks its oldest active locomotive was Alco HH660 0924, built in 1940. Here the old high hood switcher passed the night at the Dover Street engine terminal in Sou... (more)

By the late 1960s several of the New Haven's EP-5 class passenger electrics looked like they had developed some sort of skin disease. Paint-shedding NH 373, seen at New Haven, CT, shortly after th... (more)

A thick winter fog off Long Island Sound hangs over the New Haven Railroad's Cedar Hill engine terminal in New Haven, CT, days after the Penn Central takeover. In the foreground are a trio of EF-4... (more)