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December 1st, 2002
The food service china pattern that collectors call "Old Saybrook" was introduced when the Pullman-Standard streamlined grill cars and diners arrived on the New Haven during the summer of 1949. Former New Haven Railroad Dining Car Department employees recall that the Old Saybrook pattern was purchased for use on diners and grill cars assigned to the Yankee Clipper and Merchants Limited. Apparently Old Saybrook was only used for a few years before being replaced by Platinum Blue. This limited service, plus the fact that the vast majority of pieces carry no railroad identification, make it a fairly rare pattern today. All items from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
 | The only Old Saybrook china articles to carry any kind of railroad identification markings were the 9 1/2 inch diameter dinner plates. Note the legend "New Haven R.R." printed directly below the artwork of the New England village scene. That's it! All Old Saybrook pieces were supplied to the railroad by D.E. McNicol of Clarksburg, West Virginia. |
| No other Old Saybrook pieces carry railroad markings of any kind. Dinner plates, luncheon plates, tea plates, several different sized oval platters, berry bowls, oatmeal bowls, coffee cups, demitasse cups, chowder cups, and creamers are all that are known to have been produced in this pattern. |  |
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