| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 7/1/1952 | | Milestone | The rule giving the New Haven Railroad's preferred stockholders the right to elect two thirds of the company's directors |
| | expired. The expiration of this rule set the stage for Patrick McGinnis to mobilize the votes of the New Haven's common |
| | stockholders and thus take the |
| | railroad away from the Dumaine interests, who controlled the preferred shares. |
| | 7/1/1954 | | Milestone | The New Haven Railroad introduced a special "Family Fare" ticket intended for use by families traveling together as a group. |
| | Under the New Haven's Family Fare ticket structure, one parent was charged full fare, the other parent and children under 22 |
| | years of age were charged half fare, children under 12 years of age were charged a quarter fare, and children under 5 years of age |
| | were carried free of charge. |
| | 7/1/1954 | | Milestone | The so-called "Mechanical Research Committee" met for the first time in the New York Central's offices in New York City. |
| | The Mechanical Research Committee, which was organized by New Haven president Patrick McGinnis, was composed of |
| | officials from the New Haven, New York Central, Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Pennsylvania railroads plus |
| | representatives from various railroad equipment manufacturers such as |
| | ACF and Pullman Standard. The purpose of the Mechanical Research Committee was to develop a common high-speed |
| | lightweight passenger train design that all the member railroads could buy to take advantage of economies of scale. |
| | 7/1/1954 | | Milestone | The New Haven Railroad reinstated special half fare tickets for use by members of the clergy. This special fare structure, |
| | called a "clergy fare", which had been traditionally granted by nearly every other American railroad, had been abolished on the |
| | New Haven during the late 1940s by Frederic C. Dumaine Sr. |
| | 7/14/1954 | | Milestone | During the second week of July 1954 ACF's TALGO demonstrator train finished up a three week test program and exhibition |
| | tour on the New Haven Railroad that began during the last week of June. |
| | 7/6/1955 | | Milestone | The New Haven held an important management conference at "The Dome" restaurant and conference center in Woods Hole, |
| | MA on July 6, 7, and 8 1955. This management conference came to be called "The Woods Hole Conference". During the |
| | course of the Woods Hole Conference, senior New Haven Railroad executives and consultants presented and discussed the |
| | various initiatives of the McGinnis administration and the various challenges to the railroad such as highway programs and |
| | 7/14/1955 | | Wreck | The "Federal Express" was wrecked on a sharp curve next to the Jenkins Valve factory at Bridgeport, CT. |
| | 7/17/1955 | | Milestone | The New Haven's executive committee authorized the lease of 20 SW-1200s from the Electro-Motive Division of General |
| | Motors and 500 50-foot boxcars from Pullman-Standard. |
| | 7/22/1955 | | Milestone | The New Haven's board of directors approved a stock purchase plan which Patrick McGinnis set up for the railroad's |
| | employees. Under this plan, 200,000 shares of common stock were issued and held in reserve for employees to buy through |
| | regular payroll deductions. |
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