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Railfans

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Don Ball, Jr. Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-0093
Abstract

Don Ball, Jr. (1938-1986) was a railroad employee and photographer and author of books about railroads. The collection consists of several hundred photographic images, most of them taken by Mr. Ball, of locomotives, stations, and railroad related scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and other New England and eastern United States railroad lines.

Dates: undated, 1895-1975

Allyn Fuller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-0175
Abstract

Born 1889; resident of Canaan, Connecticut; railroad enthusiast; died 1971.

Dates: undated, 1836-1979

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Electrification Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-0016
Abstract:

The focus of the collection is on electrification, or the installation of overhead wire or third rail power distribution facilities to enable operation of trains hauled by electric locomotives, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

Dates: undated, 1914-1977

J. W. Swanberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-0251
Abstract

The J.W. Swanberg Papers consist of chapter and caption drafts, galley proofs, correspondence, and other materials associated with Mr. Swanberg's book New Haven Power and photographs taken by Mr. Swanberg throughout his railroad career.

Dates: undated, 1954-1978, 1988-1989, 2007-2015