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May 1st, 2005
The New Haven typically produced some kind of brochure or advertisement for distribution to the public when new equipment arrived on the property, especially new passenger equipment. Here are a few representative examples of publicity material for new equipment dating from the early to mid 1950s. All items from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
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Brochure produced by the Mack company during the early 1950s to promote the New Haven's FCD rail busses. The FCDs, which were named after New Haven CEO Frederic C. Dumaine Sr., were intended to provide a low cost alternative to conventional passenger trains on lightly patronized branch lines. The FCDs were, in their original prototype form as depicted on this brochure's cover, literally highway busses that were mounted on railroad wheels. |
| Brochure from the early 1950s promoting the New Haven's then-new Budd Rail Diesel Cars. The Dumaine administration's plan was to use Mack RDCs to feed passengers from lightly patronized branch lines to Budd RDCs running on more heavily traveled branches, which would in turn ultimately feed passengers to conventional trains running on main lines. Though a good idean in theory, in reality passengers preferred to take their cars rather than have to deal with numerous train connections. |  |
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When the New Haven's RDCs were new the railroad put them on the covers of local passenger schedules. This example from April 26th 1953 covers trains operating on the Providence and Worcester branch, a line which had no passenger service at all for many years before the RDCs arrived. |
| During 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad provided a new streamlined consist for the Senator, which operated between Boston and Washington D.C. via the Hell Gate Bridge Route. The Senator was jointly operated by the New Haven and Pennsylvania. The train operated in one direction with Pennsylvania passenger cars while in the opposite direction it operated with a New Haven consist. This 1952 brochure presents the new Pennsylvania consist. |  |
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This brochure from 1953/1954 presents the 100 new streamlined electric commuter cars built for the New Haven by Pullman-Standard at Worcester, MA. |
April 2005: New Equipment Brochures #3
March 2005: New Equipment Brochures #2
February 2005: New Equipment Brochures #1
January 2005: Happy Birthday to the NH Logo!
December 2004: Railroad Telephone Directories
November 2004: Dining Car Department Manuals
October 2004: New Haven Railroad Gate Signs
September 2004: Freight Station Signs
August 2004: Early Menu Covers
July 2004: Menu Covers of the 1930s Era
June 2004: Menu Covers of the 1940s Era
May 2004: The "Photomatic" Photo Machines
April 2004: Menu Covers of the 1960s Era
March 2004: Menu Covers of the 1950s Era
February 2004: Fun On The Train
January 2004: Travel Folders #7
December 2003: Travel Folders #6
November 2003: Travel Folders #5
October 2003: Travel Folders #4
September 2003: Travel Folders #3
August 2003: Travel Folders #2
May 2003: Small Rectangular Travel Folders
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