| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 2/24/1893 | | Lease | The STOCKBRIDGE & PITTSFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & |
| | HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY for 99 years. |
| | 2/24/1893 | | Lease | THE BERKSHIRE RAILROAD COMPANY leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD |
| | COMPANY for 99 years. |
| | 2/24/1893 | | Lease | The WEST STOCKBRIDGE RAILROAD CORPORATION leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY for 99 years. |
| | 2/3/1898 | | Wreck | Famous Old Colony "Cornfield Meet" near Marlboro Jct., MA. One Locomotive ended up on top of the other. |
| | 2/4/1904 | | Milestone | William D. Bishop, first President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and member of the Board of |
| | Directors for 32 years dies at age 76 from chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, CT. |
| | 2/9/1904 | | Milestone | NYC&HR sings a contract linking Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore as "Associated Architects" for Grand Central |
| | Terminal; Reed & Stem are pressured into assuming a subordinate role: Whitney Warren assumes control of the design. |
| | 2/1/1910 | | Milestone | The first regular multiple-unit train service was put into operation on the New Haven between Port Chester, NY and New |
| | York City. |
| | 2/22/1916 | | Wreck | A rear end collision between two westbound passenger trains, Train #79 the Connecticut River Special and Train #5 a local |
| | and involving a westbound freight on an adjoining track, kills 10 and injures 266 at Milford, Connecticut. |
| | 2/6/1919 | | Milestone | The 2nd Thames River Bridge, over Thames River at New London, Connecticut, opens for service - the new 1,387' Double |
| | Track Railway Bridge, Ralph Modjeski - Chief Engineer, cost $ 2,710,353.00, was completed under budget by $227,147.00. |
| | 2/29/1920 | | Milestone | Federal control of U. S. railroads ends and Edward G. Buckland steps down as President of the New York, New Haven & |
| | Hartford Railroad Company effecting the return of Edward J. Pearson as President and Chairman of the Board. Pearson is the |
| | second individual to hold the office more than once and becomes the 9th and 11th President of the company. |
| | 2/25/1924 | | Abandonment | East Farms, CT to West Main St. Meriden, CT abandoned. |
| | 2/29/1924 | | Abandonment | Pontiac, RI to River Point, RI abandoned. |
| | 2/9/1929 | | Abandonment | FAIRHAVEN WHARF & FERRY abandoned. |
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