| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 8/12/1948 | | Milestone | Howard S. Palmer resigns as President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company after control of the |
| | railroad is seized by Frederic C. Dumaine, Sr., who is elected the 15th President and Chairman of the Board. Palmer has the |
| | distinction of being the longest serving President of the Line - 13 years, 9 months. |
| | 8/31/1948 | | Milestone | Frederic C. Dumaine, Sr resigns as President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company but remains |
| | Chairman of the Board. Laurence F. Whittemore is elected the 16th President. Dumaine has the distinction of having the |
| | shortest term as President of the Line - 20 days. |
| | 8/8/1949 | | Service Change | Lower level of Grand Central Terminal begins closing between 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM. |
| | 8/1/1956 | | Milestone | The first GP9s enter service on the New Haven. |
| | 8/10/1960 | | Milestone | Laurence F. Whittemore, former President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, died at age 66 of |
| | cancer at Concord, NH. |
| | 8/1/1963 | | Milestone | Ex "Virginian" freight motors purchased from the N&W by the Trustees arrive in New Haven, CT. They would be classified |
| | 8/14/1963 | | Milestone | Patrick B.McGinnis was indicted in Boston by a Federal grand jury on a charge of obtaining personal profit from a deal |
| | involving the sale of 10 Boston & Maine railroad cars. |
| | 8/16/1963 | | Wreck | First Passenger in twenty-five years dies in collision of Budd 45 and caboose of local freight south of Bethel, CT. Prior death |
| | occurred on the Stonington Causeway in 1938 Hurricane. |
| | 8/26/1964 | | Milestone | Dan'l Webster lightweight trainset towed from Lamberton Street to Sunnyside Yard and PRR for balance of trip south to |
| | Pickens Railroad. |
| | 8/3/1967 | | Wreck | Major freight train derailment in the Chepiwanoxet section of Warwick, RI. - 11 freight cars of 78 car train (including TOFC) |
| | derailed and both tracks blocked. |
| | 8/4/1968 | | Milestone | First steam operation since January, 1949 on Berkshire Line: Valley RR #97 powers a fantrip Danbury, CT to Canaan, CT. |
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