| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 4/27/1935 | | Opening of Service | New Haven takes delivery of The Comet, a lightweight, three-car, bi-directional, streamlined railcar built by Goodyear- |
| | Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, which is looking for a new market in wake of failure of big airships. |
| | 4/29/1935 | | Opening of Service | New Haven stages first public run of the Comet between Boston and Providence; reaches maximum speed of 109.1 MPH. |
| | 4/27/1937 | | 1st Bankruptcy | HARTFORD & NEW YORK TRANSPORTATION CO. conveyed all its assets and property to the Trustees of the NEW |
| | YORK,NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD. |
| | 4/12/1938 | | Abandonment | Hopkinton, MA to Ashland, MA, abandoned. |
| | 4/23/1940 | | Milestone | Federal Judge John Knox sells Bronx portion of NYW&B to New York City for Dyre Ave subway line. |
| | 4/1/1954 | | Milestone | President and Chairman of the Board, Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company |
| | resigns as control of the railroad is once again taken by another group of investors. Patrick Benedict McGinnis is elected the |
| | 19th President of the railroad. |
| | 4/15/1963 | | Abandonment | Line from Burrville, CT to Winsted, CT abandoned. |
| | 4/6/1964 | | Abandonment | Line from West Stockbridge to Rising abandoned. |
| | 4/9/1974 | | 2nd Bankruptcy | Penn Central Trustees complete filing motions to intervene in four suits challenging the constitutionality of the 3R Act as |
| | confiscation without proper compensation; brought by New Haven Trustees, Penn Central Company, Manufacturers Hanover |
| | Trust and a group of five insurance companies and seven banks who are creditors of Penn Central. |
| | 4/15/1975 | | Milestone | Celebrities perform benefit outside Grand Central Terminal with Dick Cavett as emcee to garner support for preservation. |
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