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FREIGHT AND WORK EQUIPMENT


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The NHRHTA has published the following items on freight and work equipment:

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Volume 4 Issue 4 (Fall) 1973
  • Car diagrams for New York & New England Four-Wheel Cabooses, New Haven caboose series C-300 through C-419, caboose series C-506 through C-509, and caboose series C-635 through C-709. 4 pages.
  • "Summary of Equipment" as of January 1st, 1931. 2 pages.
Volume 7 Issue 1 (Winter) 1976
  • "Caboose Cars for the New Haven" -- Reprint of a November 9, 1940 article from Railway Age on the then-new NE-5 class caboose cars. 2 pages with photo.
Volume 8 Issue 2 (Spring) 1977
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven covered hopper series #117000-117014. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 8 Issue 3 (Summer) 1977
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 60,000 Lb. Double Sheathed Box Cars series #160000-164999. 300 of the series were built by Keith at Sagamore, MA. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 8 Issue 4 (Fall) 1977
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 55-ton hopper car series #120000-121499. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 9 Issue 2 (Spring) 1978
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven heavy duty transformer cars #17100 - 17102. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 9 Issue 4 (Fall) 1978
  • "Modeling the New Haven: The 40-Foot 'DF' Box Cars" -- 1 page with diagram and photos.
  • "New Haven Refrigerator Cars" -- The history of the 22001-22500, 22501-22525 and 22526-22500 series refrigerator cars. The latter two series were built by Keith at its Sagamore, MA, plant in 1919. 3 pages with photos, diagrams and roster.
Volume 10 Issue 1 (Winter) 1979
  • "Snow Removal on the New Haven" -- Review of snow removal operations and equipment. 14 pages with rosters and photos.
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven steel caboose C-506 to C-509 equipped for passenger service. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 10 Issue 2 (Spring) 1979
  • Inside rear cover technical data page for the New Haven transformer cars series 17050-17059. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 10 Issue 3 1979
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven diesel 150-ton capacity wrecking derricks. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 11 Issue 1 1980
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven steam locomotive crane 230-ton capacity D-100 to D-102. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 11 Issue 2 1980
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven scale weight test car M-23. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 11 Issue 3 1980
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 70-ton covered gondola series 62000 - 62014. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 11 Issue 4 1980
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 25-ton gas loco cranes H-49 to H-57. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 12 Issue 1 1981
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 70-ton flat cars 17200 - 17274. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 12 Issue 2 1981
  • "Modeling the New Haven Open Hoppers" -- Suggestions on how to kitbash exisiting HO-scale hopper car kits to build accurate New Haven models. 5 pages with photos, classification data and rosters.
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven NE-class wooden caboose C-1 to C-269. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 12 Issue 3 1981
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven experimental highway trailer transport cars. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 12 Issue 4 1981
  • Rear cover technical data page for New Haven steel 40-foot box cars 31000 - 32999. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 16 Issue 1 1985
  • "Modeling the New Haven: 17100 Series Transformer Car" -- Includes diagrams and photo. 3 pages.
  • "On the New Haven...Today -- Preservation" -- Discusses the Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum's efforts to preserve various pieces of New Haven passenger and freight equipment. 2 pages with photos.
Volume 17 Issue 2 1986
  • "Clejan Trailiner Flat Cars" -- The history of the New Haven's attempt to improve Trailer-On-Flat-Car technology in the 1950s. 9 pages with photos.
  • "Modeling the New Haven: The 18000 and 18100 Series Clejan Type Piggy Back Flat Cars in HO Scale" -- 4-1/3 pages with photos and diagrams.
  • "Variations on a Theme...N.H. Wooden Cabeese" -- Short story on the disposition of a few New Haven wooden cabooses. 1 page with photos.
Volume 17 Issue 3 1986
  • "Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum News" -- The CVRM purchases caboose NE-5 C-618. 1/3 page with photo.
Volume 21 Issue 1 1990
  • "'Piggyback' -- Operation Submarine Base" -- The story of a Civil Defense test train carrying fire fighting equipment to Groton, CT, run on May 19, 1957. 6-1/2 pages, including photos.
Volume 24 Issue 4 1993
  • "High, Wide & Heavy -- Oversize Loads" -- Discusses how the New Haven carried oversized loads, including descriptions of gun, flat transformer and highway trailer cars operated by the New Haven. 16 pages, including photos, clearance chart and car diagrams.
Volume 25 Issue 1 1994
  • "What's the Story?" -- An unusual paint scheme on a 1929 rebuilt boxcar, seen at Readville in April 1942. 1 page with photo.
Volume 25 Issue 2 1994
  • "What's the Story?" -- Asks why 30 rebuilt quad hoppers (81000 - 81029) were delivered with script heralds. 1 page with photos.
Volume 30 Issue 3
  • "New Haven's NE-6" -- The history of the New Haven's NE-6 class caboose fleet. 29 page with diagrams and photos, including inside front and rear covers.
  • "The Day Taunton Station Came Down on C-700" -- The story of how the historic Taunton, MA, station and NE-6 caboose C-700 were both destroyed on July 7th, 1964.  7 pages with photos.

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