| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 1/1/1969 | | Merger | THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY is merged into the PennCentral Railroad |
| | ending rail operations by the corporation. The corporate entity would remain in existance throughout most of the 1970s as |
| | the Trustee of the Estate pursued just payment from PennCentral for the New Haven's assets. By 1980 the corporate name |
| | would cease to exist as well. |
| | 1/1/1974 | | Milestone | Penn Central issues an unusual public relations movie called Penn Central 1974, aimed at convincing Congress, shippers, et |
| | al., that it is not crying wolf in proclaiming its bankrupt state; movie shows derailments, slow orders, cars rocking |
| | dangerously on spongy track, etc., as well as some scenes of good service, all narrated by actual employees; most "good" |
| | scenes are on ex-NYC and most "bad" scenes on ex-PRR or New Haven. (Trains) |
| | 1/24/1974 | | 2nd Bankruptcy | New Haven Railroad Trustee Smith announces he will challenge the constitutionality of the 3R Act in court on grounds it |
| | denies due process to Penn Central's creditors. |
| | 1/9/1975 | | 2nd Bankruptcy | New Haven Railroad Trustee Richard J. Smith sues Penn Central, its officers and accountants in federal court, charging they |
| | deliberately misled him in merger negotiations; demands $124 million damages, lien on ex-New Haven lines or their return. |
| | 1/30/1975 | | Milestone | Architect Philip Johnson and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis announce formation of Municipal Arts Society's Committee to |
| | Save Grand Central Station at a press conference outside the |
| | Oyster Bar. (NYT) |
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