#New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad

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Vent to me about trains if ya like :3

YAY :D

So the Milwaukee Road was the First Railroad to use the use 3000 Volt DC power for any significant stretches of Electrification in 1915 (it was adopted by South African Railways in 1925, Cleveland Union Terminal (under the New York Central Railroad), the Soviet Union in 1930, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1930, Italy in 1933, Brazil in 1935, Spain and Chile in 1945)

however the Primary mainline Electrification system United States would be 11,000 Volts 25 Hertz AC which was Adopted by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1907 between Pelham and Stamford in New York (later all the way between Manhattan and New Haven CT), the Pennsylvania in 1915 between Philadelphia and Paoli (later the Entire PRR mainline between Washington DC and New York as well the entire Philadelphia Suburban Network), the Great Northern railroad in 1922 between Wenatchee and Skykomish (de-electrified in 1956), the Virginian Railroad in 1925 between Mullens and Roanoke (de-electrified in 1962), the Reading Railroad in 1928 for their Half of the Philadelphia Suburban Network, and very Briefly the Norfolk and Western had Electrified the Elkhorn grade with this system but de-electrified in 1940

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It has been a while since I made an electric locomotive, that being the Great Northern W-1 I made back in November 2024. So I wanted to get back into doing electric builds with my own take of the New Haven EP-5 "Jet".

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So sometimes CB/caboose has a New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad sticker on his costume and this was the first place my brain went to

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I made Eras Tour bracelets of all the times Taylor Swift references trains in her songs. The colours are inspired by different trains and railway liveries. Excessive details under the cut:

"You know that my train could take you home" from Willow. Inspired by Great Western Railway's Intercity Express Trains. It's the train I catch most often, it's my train!

"I knew you, stepping on the last train" from Cardigan. Inspired by the subway cars in New York City, which I think of as having blue seats but it seems yellow/orange is just as (or more?) common. Idk I've never been to New York, my whole knowledge of the subway comes from Broad City and pictures of dogs in Ikea bags.

"I jump from the train, I ride off alone" from The Archer. Inspired by ye olde American locomotives like the Union Pacific No. 119. This lyric evokes Wild West imagery for me and this type of engine is what my British brain thinks of as a "cowboy train".

"Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train" from The Last Great American Dynasty. Inspired by the steam locomotives used in the 1940s by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, which is what Rebekah Harkness would have rode up on. Sadly I couldn't find a good colour image of one, so I leaned into it and chose a greyscale colour palette. As it happens the engines were almost certainly black anyway so it's fine.

"Silence, the train runs off its tracks" from Sad Beautiful Tragic. Inspired by my boy Thomas the Tank Engine. There are a lot of derailments on the Island of Sodor, the Fat Controller should probably have been sacked.

"Northbound I got carried away, as you boarded your train south" from I Look in People's Windows. Inspired by the London Underground map. I didn't have any brown beads so the Bakerloo line has been reassigned orange.

"We wait for trains that just aren't coming" from New Romantics. Inspired by the British Rail Class 195 trains created for Arriva Rail North, the network so incompetent that even the Tories had to re-nationalise it. Those trains just weren't coming.

"You took the night train for a reason" from Champagne Problems. Inspired by the British Rail Mark 5 coaches used on the Caledonian Sleeper Service.

"Some trains you can't catch again, you've gotta leave it as it was" from Tim McGraw - Acoustic Demo. This is a deep cut that I expect even a lot of Swifties wouldn't necessarily know, but I've always loved this lyric. It totally recontextualises the song and ironically is a much more adult sentiment than the lyrics of the final recording. Inspired by the livery of Anglia Railways, which are the trains of my childhood. Anglia Railways has been sold and rebranded several times since then, so they are quite literally the trains I can't catch again.

I imagine that Taylor Swift has not been on a train in many years, for obvious reasons. However I appreciate her continued use of train imagery in her songs and I hope she never ever stops :)

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Changing Power at Poughkeepsie While headed to NYC on the Lake Shore Limited, the train stopped at Poughkeepsie, New York, to change power; the rail line here was formerly the New York Central. Unfortunately, I don’t know what was on point of the train from Rochester (where I got on) to this spot, but from here on in to Grand Central Terminal, it would be an EMD FL9. This locomotive, truly a unique model, was designed for use on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, specifically with GCT in mind. The locomotive could run as a normal diesel-electric does, but also use the electricity of a third-rail (either over or under the shoe) so as to not spew exhaust in the tunnels under Park Avenue as well as in the station itself. There were sixty of these produced; they remarkable for their B-A1A wheel configuration. After the New Haven was folded into the Penn Central, the use of this engine type expanded to the Hudson Valley line, as we see here. Besides what was happening with my train, there is a Rail Diesel Car in the station; RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia between 1949 and 1962. I believe these interesting self-propelled units were used for local service on the various Conrail commuter lines north of NYC; Metro North would take over these lines in 1983. Three images by Richard Koenig; taken in May of 1981.

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Trains :3

(these are all North America mostly the US and Mexico but a little bit of Canadian)

Neat

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#VoxPop The long-running radio program Vox Pop often focused on the American railroad and railroad workers.

On September 21, 1942, the program highlighted the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad in a broadcast from the Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, Connecticut. Here, interviewee Benjamin T. Savory shows host Parks Johnson the controls of a steam locomotive. Savory joined the New Haven Railroad in 1903. He retired in 1949 after a 50-year career in railroading. He passed away in Manchester, Connecticut, in 1954 at the age of 73.

Source: Parks Johnson collection on Vox Pop

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Northeast corridor, what do you know of it either way I will tell you

The Northeast corridor is the longest electrified mainline in the western hemisphere it stretches from Washington DC to Boston the line is 457 miles long (735 kilometers) and is the busiest passenger rail corridor in north America it is Electrified with 3 different voltages 12kV 25Hz AC between DC union station and New Rochelle, 12.5kV 60Hz between New Rochelle and New Haven, and 25kV 60Hz between New haven and Boston South Station

These different sections all have different ownership and where Electrified at different points the New Rochelle to New Haven section is the oldest and was Electrified in 1910 by the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad originally at 11kV 25Hz AC (however the voltage was boosted and was increased to grid frequency in the 1970s)

the line between DC union and New Rochelle was all owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and was Electrified in Pieces starting 1912 with the Philadelphia to Paoli section and that Pennsy owned trackage was fully Electrified by 1934

However after the collapse of the Frankenstein Penn Central (the Merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad with the New Haven and New York Central Railroad's) the line was taken over by state run passenger agencies like NJ Transit, and the two new federally owned railroad's Amtrak and Conrail

Conrail ran freight on the NEC using the E33 and E44 electric Locomotives until 1981 and Amtrak took over the Northeast Regional and commuter trains were taken over by SEPTA, NJ Transit, Metro North, The Long Island Railroad, CTrail, MARC, and MBTA

That has been an infodump about The Northeast corridor

i love the northeast corridor so i did know most of this but i appreciate train

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I leik trainz :3

Also here are more

All of these (Except the K4) are Electric (although the K4 is running underwire) these all use either AC overhead power or DC third rail (and in the Case of several are Capable of switching between the Two)

Actually no wait the Illinois Central multiple units use 1500V DC overhead power not 12kV 25Hz AC like Pennsy and New Haven did

Train :3

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Hello Upon visiting your blog I can't help but notice the "free one way ticket to the lunar surface" post, as an astrophotographer I kindly request that they get sent to the far side of the moon as to not ruin my images. Sincerely, A worried astrophotographer PS: Uranus would also be a great place to send them because whilst it would take more ΔV it would also have the benefit of being really funny.

Unfortunately, the tracks we inherited from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad only extend to the lunar surface and we do not have the finances to build any further.

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New York, New Haven, & Hartford Budd car at the Danbury Railway Museum. Photo taken by me on a 1920s No. 1 Pocket Kodak Junior.

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CSO-3 Across The Connecticut por David Blazejewski Por Flickr: After wrapping up their work on the old Armory Branch in South Windsor CSO-3 is on their way back the the Connecticut Southern's operations base in the old New Haven Railroad Hartford yard to call it a day and start their weekend. They are seen here in this going away view looking through the long thru truss span crossing the wide Connecticut River. Still a key link to CSO's customers east of the Connecticut River in years past this was a far more important route as through trains traveled east beyond Manchester to Willimantic where they could continue due east to Plainfield and Providence on the historic Hartford, Providence and Fishkill route or northeast to Putnam, Blackstone and on to Boston via the Midland Division. In fact until 1955 a daily through Boston to Waterbury train crossed this very bridge. However by the thru Boston to Hartford route was severed by the flooding caused by Hurricane Diane that washed out the bridge in Putnam that was never replaced and in 1967 the thought route to Providence was partially abandoned to the east. The trackage east to Willimantic lingered a bit longer but was abandoned in the PC era rendering this line to nothing more than industrial branchline status. This particular bridge was supposedly built by the HP&F in 1873 and is a 1240 ft long five span Warren through truss. Owned successively by the New York and New England, New Haven, Penn Central and Conrail it became CSO property in 1996 when the newly formed Railtex shortline purchased the Hartford cluster from Conrail. Bringing up the rear of the little two car train is NECR 3855 a GP38 blt. Aug. 1969 as GMO 718 and now one of only four blue and gold painted NECR units left in service anywhere, albeit not on her adopted 'home rails.' East Hartford, Connecticut Friday February 10, 2023

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Summer in New England by Boston Public Library Via Flickr: File name: 08_05_000321 Title: Summer in New England Creator/Contributor: Maurer, Sascha, 1897-1961 (artist) Date issued: 1910-1959 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : color Genre: Travel posters; Prints Subjects: Railroad travel; Railroads; Beaches; New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company Notes: Title from item. Statement of responsibility: Maurer Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Rights status not evaluated

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Vintage 1940,s Handlan Caboose St. Louis 4 Way Railroad Switch & Stand Light

Vintage 1940's Handlan Caboose Oil Lantern that lights up4 way lantern: 2 red glass lenses and 2 glass green lenses / The lantern will still come with all its original contents including the glass round tube inside the lantern. This item will look used.Large railroad lantern measures 18" H x 10" W x 10" D / This is a very heavy duty railroad lantern and weighs over 12 pounds.This lantern was converted with power cord, switch and light and now it will light up. 120 volt operation.Original glass tube still inside lantern were the flame comes out. You can remove the power cord, switch and light and put it back to its original condition.HISTORY/ ABOUT:This railroad hand-signal kerosene lantern was manufactured by the Handlan Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri around 1930–1940. The lamp was used on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. The lamp has a metal body, a red and green glass globe encircled by a metal handle and base. The top of the lamp is inscribed with the Handlan logo and the text “HANDLAN/ST. LOUIS USA.Before the advent of portable two way radios, train crews communicated via hand signals during the day, and lantern signals during periods of low visibility or at night. This lantern with the red globe was used by station agents to signal a train to stop, sometimes to pick up Form 31 train orders. They also used various globe colors such as amber, blue, red, etc., and these colors do correspond to the same signal meanings that the railroad used. For example, red meant to stop, and blue meant that men were working or equipment was not to be moved. Green lens was for to signal the wrecker operator.ITEM TYPE Vintage COLOR Black MATERIAL Metal, Steel, Glass ORIGIN United States • AmericanHEIGHT18" (46 cm) WIDTH10" (25 cm) DEPTH10" (25 cm)

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