| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 3/30/1953 | | Abandonment | Fairhaven branch, Fairhaven, MA, to Marion Pit in Wareham. |
| | 3/30/1953 | | Milestone | Edward Grant Buckland, who served twice as President and Chairman of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad |
| | Company and was the son-in-law of Charles P. Clark, died at his home in New Haven, CT after a long illness at age 86. |
| | 3/25/1954 | | Incorporation | OLD COLONY & FALL RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, to effect a consolidation of the |
| | OLD COLONY RAILROAD CORPORATION and the FALL RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 3/24/1955 | | Milestone | First EP-5 electric enters full regular service. |
| | 3/1/1960 | | Wreck | Tragic crossing accident in Berlin, CT between Train #69 and a station wagon in which eight persons were killed. |
| | 3/14/1960 | | Service Change | RDC connections at Danbury replace through passenger trains on Berkshire for all except two weekend round trips (Actually |
| | there had been some use of the Budd cars for several weeks prior to this official changover) |
| | 3/10/1961 | | Milestone | CTC operation begins on Maybrook Line, Derby Jct., CT - Berkshire Jct., CT |
| | 3/25/1961 | | Milestone | First FL9-powered passenger special operates on Maybrook Line. This was not a fantrip per se, it was a special operated for |
| | Cub Scout troops from the Danbury area to visit a railroad-sponsored equipment exhibit in New Haven. However, the special |
| | was open to anyone and there were many fans aboard (including me). For all of us it was our first chance to experience the |
| | brand new CTC on the Maybrook Line. Tom Curtin |
| | 3/1/1963 | | Milestone | GE model U-25B demonstrators showed up on New Haven property for some test runs. |
| | 3/28/1963 | | Abandonment | Line from Hampton to North Windham abandoned. |
| | 3/28/1963 | | Abandonment | Line from Pomfret to Hampton abandoned. |
| | 3/9/1964 | | Milestone | Last run on State Line Branch, NX-12 Rising, MA to West Stockbridge, MA and return. |
| | 3/22/1967 | | Wreck | NHRR seven car commuter train derails at West Redding, CT. |
| | 3/28/1967 | | Wreck | New Haven motor EP-5 #370 destroyed in fire on Track 27 Grand Central Terminal and station evacuated. |
| | 3/8/1968 | | Abandonment | Line from Cobalt to Portland abandoned. |
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