| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 3/31/1913 | | Milestone | J.Pierpont Morgan, Sr. (183 -1913), America's leading investment banker and director of NYC&HR, New Haven, and |
| | numerous other companies, dies in Rome. |
| | 3/21/1918 | | Milestone | Edward J. Pearson steps down as President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company after the Federal |
| | Government takes control of the railroad, so he may take the position of Federal Manager. Federal regulation will not allow |
| | Pearson to hold both offices at the same time. Edward G. Buckland is elected the 10th President and Chairman of the Board |
| | for the duration of Federal control of the company. |
| | 3/1/1929 | | Milestone | Edward G. Buckland ends his very short second term as President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad |
| | Company but remains its Chairman of the Board. John J. Pelley is elected the 13th President in his place. |
| | 3/13/1929 | | Milestone | New Haven authorizes purchase of modern passenger equipment, including 90 coaches, 10 combines and 6 diners. |
| | 3/9/1931 | | Milestone | New Haven President John J. Pelley testifies before Massachusetts Legislative Committee on Transportation in favor of |
| | merger of New Haven and Boston & Maine; denies he takes orders from PRR. |
| | 3/10/1938 | | Abandonment | Collinsville, CT to Winsted, CT, abandoned. |
| | 3/16/1938 | | Abandonment | Winsted, CT to East Canaan, CT, abandoned. |
| | 3/28/1941 | | Abandonment | Line from Adamsdale Jct., MA to Franklin, MA, abandoned. |
| | 3/8/1944 | | 1st Bankruptcy | Court approved Fifth Supplemental Report and Order in all respects the Plan so certified and confirming the Commission’s |
| | finding that the New Haven common and preferred stock had no value. Appeal prosecuted by Plan Committee, from the |
| | finding that the stock had no value. |
| | 3/1/1948 | | Milestone | First regular use of diesels (RS-1's) between Bridgeport, CT and Winsted, CT on trains 440/442, 153, 158 and 465 etc. |
| | Diesel operations in the Naugatuck Valley spread fast after this but it was not until the end of the year that the last steam |
| | engines departed from Waterbury for all time. |
| | 3/20/1948 | | Milestone | A coal miners strike caused major passenger train curtailments all over the system. The trains went back on the following |
| | 3/1/1949 | | Service Change | Running time of Merchants Limited cut by 20 minutes to 3:55. |
| | 3/1/1949 | | End of Service | THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY discontinues most off-peak Old Colony |
| | passenger trains running via Atlantic as condition of reorganization. |
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