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Steam locomotives

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Accession 2016.0148, 1961-1976

 File — Box 2016.0148_1: [Barcode: 39153030751558]
Scope and Contents This set of documents consists of data sheets created by the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association (NHRHTA), earlier known as the New Haven Railroad Technical Information Association. Data Sheets or Standing Data sheets are reproductions of various New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, documents like maps, technical drawings of buildings, signals, catenary bridges, equipment, etc. and pages of tabular data compiled from New...
Dates: 1961-1976

Richard H. Gillespie Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-0053
Abstract

Photographic prints of steam and electric locomotives of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and a few of its predecessor railroad lines including the Naugatuck Railroad, the Connecticut River Railroad, the New York & New England Railroad and the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, collected by Richard H. Gillespie of Stamford, Connecticut. The collection also includes two scrapbooks compiled by Mr. Gillespie of newspaper clippings and photographic prints.

Dates: undated, 1856-1961

Seth P. Holcombe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-0040
Abstract

The Papers consist of approximately 350 photographic prints and 500 negatives of images of steam locomotives mostly of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, taken in the Hartford, Connecticut, area.

Dates: undated, 1887, 1946-1953; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1953

Alvin A. Lawrence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-0086
Abstract

The papers consist of drawings done by Alvin A. Lawrence of Columbus, Ohio, of locomotives and cars of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor rairoad lines for publications sponsored by the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, particularly for its magazine Shoreliner.

Dates: undated, 1896-1993

Alan M. Levitt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-0125
Abstract

The collection consists of five unpublished writings compiled, annotated, or written by Mr. Levitt, a historical consultant of Fresh Meadows, New York.

Dates: undated, 2002-2004, 2013

"New Haven Railroad Steam Sightings, 1947-1951"

 Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860153596

"New Haven Railroad Steam Sightings, 1947-1951," [diary entries of personal observations of steam trains], 2007

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2003-0037/Series:I/Box3:21
Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of several writings by Harry B. Chase, Jr.:"'Boston & New York R.P.O Train 500,' Letters from a New Haven Railroad Signal Maintainer to his Soldier Son in Wartime, 1942-1943. Excerpts from letters written by Harry B. Chase. Transcribed and edited by his son Harry B. Chase, Jr." The typed manuscript is 47 pages...
Dates: 2007

Melbourne Preston Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-0073
Abstract

Photographs of steam and electric locomotives of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, in the 1950s.

Dates: 1950s

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