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May 1st, 2003
During the year or two leading up to America's entry into the Second World War the New Haven published a series of small rectangular travel folders to promote the most popular destinations on the railroad. All items from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
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Here is the Boston - New York folder. It presented the schedules of major trains operating along the Shore Line Route between Boston and New York City as well as connecting bus services offered by the New England Transportation Company. |
| Here is the folder for the Springfield Line, which ran between New York City and Springfield, Massachusetts via Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Here is the folder for through trains to Washington DC, Maine, and New Hampshire points operated by the New Haven in cooperation with the Pennsylvania, Boston & Maine, and Maine Central railroads. The B&M and MEC's logos are printed on the back cover of this folder. |
| The island of Martha's Vineyard, located a few miles off Cape Cod, was and still is a favorite summer vacation spot. New Haven passenger trains made connections with New England Steamship Company ferry boats to Martha's Vineyard at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. |
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The island of Nantucket is located very close to Martha's Vineyard. It to was and still is a popular summer vacation destination. New Haven passenger trains made connections with New England Steamship Company ferry boats to Nantucket at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. |
March 2003: Children's Dining Car Menus
February 2003: Sleeping Car Service
January 2003: Odds and Ends #6
December 2002: Old Saybrook China
November 2002: Platinum Blue China
September 2002: Diesel Builder's Plates
April 2002: New Haven R.R. Travel Bags
March 2002: Cost Saving Fare Promotions
February 2002: Odds and Ends #1
December 2001: New Haven R.R. Locks
November 2001: The Streamlined Coaches
September 2001: Seashore Tours
August 2001: John Held, Jr. and the New Haven R.R.
June 2001: The Rail-Auto Travel Plan
May 2001: Advertising Stickers
April 2001: Dietz Hand Lanterns
February 2001: Right of Way Signs
December 2000: TDI Commuter Schedules
November 2000: To Florida on the New Haven Railroad!
September 2000: Train Service Cancellation Posters
August 2000: The New Haven Railroad Rail Charge Card
June 2000: The Boat Race Trains
May 2000: Timetable Change Posters
April 2000: New Haven Railroad Station Signs
March 2000: The Key to New England
February 2000: Route 128 Station
January 2000: New Haven Railroad Cigarette Lighters
December 1999: The Dan'l Webster
November 1999: Postwar Travel Posters
October 1999: Modern Dining Car China
September 1999: New Haven Railroad Dining Car Service Pins
August 1999: New Haven Railroad Lapel Pins
July 1999: The 1939 New York World's Fair -- 60th Anniversary
February 1999: Special Trains of the 1950s and 1960s
January 1999: Ticket Envelopes
December 1998: Holiday Advertising Material
November 1998: New York City Travel Advertising Material
October 1998: Boston Travel Advertising Material
September 1998: The Hurricane of 1938 -- 60th Anniversary
July 1998: The New Haven Goes Back to Cape Cod
June 1998: The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair
May 1998: Official Gifts of the McGinnis Era
March 1998: Pre-War Advertising Brochures
February 1998: New Haven Railroad Freight Service Advertising from the 1950s and 1960s
December 1997: Hotel Montclair Advertisement ca. 1939