| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 9/10/1892 | | Lease | HOUSATONIC RAILROAD COMPANY leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD |
| | COMPANY for 99 years. |
| | 9/10/1899 | | Opening of Service | Boston & Providence trains started using South Station. |
| | 9/5/1902 | | Milestone | Frederic C. ("Buck") Dumaine Jr., who would one day become President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad |
| | Company, was born. |
| | 9/21/1902 | | Opening of Service | THE HARTFORD & CONNECTICUT WESTERN RAILROAD opened its line from Tariffville to Agawam, using the |
| | tracks of THE EAST GRANBY AND SUFFIELD RAILROAD between East Granby and Suffield. |
| | 9/21/1902 | | Opening of Service | THE EAST GRANBY AND SUFFIELD RAILROAD opened from a point on the Springfield Branch of the Hartford and |
| | Connecticut Western Railroad in the town of East Granby, to a point on the line of the same branch in the town of Suffield, |
| | about 4.2 miles. |
| | 9/1/1904 | | Milestone | New Haven abandons third rail electrification on part of Nantasket Beach Branch between Nantasket Jct. and Braintree; Pres. |
| | Mellen announces New Haven is abandoning electrification plans until new inventions are developed, as neither third rail nor |
| | trolley wire is suitable for New Haven Service. |
| | 9/8/1904 | | Acquisition | OLD COLONY RAILROAD’S interest in THE PROVIDENCE TERMINAL COMPANY transferred to THE NEW YORK, |
| | NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 9/1/1913 | | Milestone | Howard Elliott replaces Charles S. Mellen as President of the New Haven Railroad, becoming the 6th President of the Line. |
| | 9/2/1913 | | Wreck | Rear-end collision on New Haven at Wallingford, Conn., kills 21. |
| | 9/5/1913 | | Milestone | J.P. Morgan & Co. gives notice that it is withdrawing from its role as fiscal agent for the New Haven. |
| | 9/8/1921 | | Abandonment | Feeding Hills, MA to Agawam Jct., MA, abandoned. |
| | 9/1/1929 | | Milestone | New Haven installs car retarders at Providence hump yard. |
| | 9/20/1931 | | End of Service | Last run of New York-Bar Harbor Express from Bar Harbor to Grand Central; beginning with 1932 season, a single Bar |
| | Harbor Express operates from Penn Station. |
| | 9/18/1934 | | End of Service | Last run of New Haven passenger service to Fall River via Middleboro. |
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