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All about the electric freight railroads of New Haven and Bridgeport. Waterbury had electrics too. These cities were once the manufacturing center of New England and these railroads were very busy. History of motor cars (mostly GE). Follow New Haven to the present day and find out about the New Haven Terminal.

In a NRHS Bulletin, Edgar T. Mead described a trip to Choate in the 1930's. The article was about a train trip from New York City to Choate School which is located in Wallingford, CT which Meade made in 1937. In 1988, I wrote an article about what we had lost or gained over 50 years. I then decided to update this for changes over the last 10 years, as well as over the last 60.

All the great train stations of the New York Central System. Grand Central Terminal, Buffalo Central Terminal, Utica Union Station, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis, Harmon, Beacon, Oneonta, Saranac Lake, Malone, and others. Even some not owned by NY Central but a destination for Central trains: like Montreal.

Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), an authority of New York State. It is one of the busiest commuter railroad in the United States as measured in terms of overall monthly ridership. Metro–North runs service between New York City to its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut.

Head End equipment, in the heyday of railroad passenger service, was a big part of the railroad's operations. Head end included Railway Express Agency and the post office's RPOs (Railway Post Offices).

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