| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 5/1/1849 | | Incorporation | MEDWAY BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY Incorporated in Massachusetts. Constructed a railroad from the Norfolk |
| | County Railroad near Norfolk station to Medway village, 3 miles. (Company organized June 10, 1850.) |
| | 5/1/1849 | | Incorporation | The Fairhaven Branch Railroad Company is incorporated, with rights to construct a railroad from Fairhaven, MA, to the Cape |
| | Cod Branch railroad in Wareham, MA. |
| | 5/2/1850 | | Incorporation | MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY incorporates in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a railroad forming |
| | connection with the Norfolk County Railroad at South Dedham, through Dorchester and South Boston to the foot of Summer |
| | Street, Boston (site of the present South Station), 12,5 miles. (Company organized June 15, 1850.) (Before line was ready for |
| | opening on January 1, 1855, the railroad was merged into Boston & New York Central Railroad Company, December 12, |
| | 5/14/1850 | | Acquisition | THE BRANCH COMPANY deeded to THE HARTFORD & NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 5/17/1850 | | Acquisition | THE MIDDLETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY deeded to THE HARTFORD & NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 5/29/1850 | | Incorporation | THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY changes name to THE DANBURY & NORWALK RAILROAD |
| | COMPANY. |
| | 5/29/1850 | | Incorporation | THE DANBURY & NORWALK RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Connecticut, changing the name of THE |
| | FAIRFIELD COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY. (Company organized June 7, 1850.) |
| | 5/23/1851 | | Incorporation | PROVIDENCE & BRISTOL RAILROAD COMPANY (Massachusetts) incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to |
| | construct a line from the Rhode Island line near India Point through Seekonk to the Rhode Island line. |
| | 5/24/1851 | | Incorporation | CHARLES RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a railroad from |
| | Dover, Massachusetts, to Bellingham, Massachusetts, 15.6 miles. (Company organized December 8, 1852.) |
| | 5/20/1852 | | Incorporation | HAMPDEN RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a railroad from Westfield to |
| | the stats line of Connecticut near Granby. (Company organized August 18, 1852.) |
| | 5/22/1852 | | Incorporation | NORTHAMPTON & WESTFIELD RAILROAD CORPORATION incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to |
| | construct a railroad from Westfield to Northhampton. (Company organized July 12, 1852.) |
| | 5/6/1853 | | Wreck | Norwalk, CT. A New York & New Haven Railroad train bound for Boston ran through an open drawbridge and plunged into |
| | the Norwalk River. 46 passengers were crushed to death or drowned just three hundred yards from the city depot. This was |
| | the first major drawbridge accident in the US. |
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