| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 4/8/1902 | | Milestone | Engineer of Branch Lines Joseph U. Crawford named Chief Engineer of New York Connecting Railroad; New Haven officials |
| | elected to New York Connecting Board; John M. Hall of the NYNH&H elected Pres. |
| | 4/15/1902 | | Milestone | New York Connecting Railroad appoints Samuel Rea VP; creates Construction Committee consisting of Rea and Fayette S. |
| | Curtis of New Haven. |
| | 4/13/1904 | | Acquisition | NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE & BOSTON AND OLD COLONY RAILROAD TERMINAL COMPANY name changed to |
| | THE PROVIDENCE TERMINAL COMPANY. |
| | 4/16/1907 | | Merger | WOONSOCKET & PASCOAG RAILROAD COMPANY merged into THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 4/16/1907 | | Merger | RHODE ISLAND & MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD COMPANY (Rhode Island Company) merged into THE NEW |
| | YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 4/30/1907 | | Acquisition | THE MANUFACTURERS RAILROAD COMPANY deeded to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 4/1/1908 | | Acquisition | THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMPANY deeded to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 4/15/1912 | | Milestone | In the space of two hours, responding to a request from the White Star Line at about 11:30 AM, the New Haven Railroad was |
| | able to identify 23 sleeping cars, 2 dining cars, and a sufficient number of coaches and baggage cars for 325 first-class, 285 |
| | second-class, and 710 third-class passengers from the R.M.S. Titanic. Four hours later the trains had been assembled and |
| | departed for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Boston & Maine. At 7:40 PM, word was received that the Titanic had sunk and that |
| | all surviving passengers would be brought to New York City on board the S.S. Carpathia. At this point the special trains |
| | were turned back for Boston. |
| | 4/20/1916 | | Milestone | Work begun on 2nd Thames River Bridge, over Thames River at New London, Connecticut, New Double Track Railway |
| | Bridge, Ralph Modjeski, Chief Engineer. |
| | 4/1/1920 | | Opening of Service | New Passenger Railroad Station opened at New Haven, CT. |
| | 4/27/1931 | | Milestone | New Haven and PRR introduce The Speed Witch, running between Baltimore and Boston in 14:40; cuts 24 hours off |
| | previous schedule; touted as fastest long-distance freight train in the world; average speed 33.7 MPH northbound and 36.6 |
| | MPH southbound. |
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